--- title: "Kinneir Dufort Design Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/kinneir-dufort-design-limited-bristol-706702 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Kinneir Dufort Design Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Kinneir Dufort Design Limited (Companies House 01311968, Bristol) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 5 April 2019 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 5 April 2019 - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Bristol - Registered address: 5 Host Street, Bristol, BS1 5BU - Companies House number: 01311968 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01311968) - Website: https://kinneirdufort.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kinneir-dufort/ - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/kinneir-dufort-design-limited-bristol-706702 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,293 licensed sponsors in Bristol: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bristol - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 16 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 17 Nov 2025: Director resigned: WIGHTMAN, Craig Ian. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 Nov 2025: New director appointed: MELKI, Michelle Khouri. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 23 Dec 2023: Director resigned: HALL, Merle Ann. Director change recorded on 23 Dec 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 May 2023: Secretary resigned: NORRIS, Michael Christopher. Company secretary change recorded on 17 May 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 May 2023: New secretary appointed: GARDINER, Michelle. Company secretary change recorded on 17 May 2023. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 2 Dec 2022: Notification of Ensera Uk Bidco Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 2 Dec 2022. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 2 Dec 2022: Cessation of Ensera Uk Bidco Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 2 Dec 2022. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 2 Dec 2022: Notification of Kinneir Dufort Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 2 Dec 2022. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 2 Dec 2022: Cessation of Mobeus Equity Partners Llp as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 2 Dec 2022. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 2 Dec 2022: Cessation of Kinneir Dufort Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 2 Dec 2022. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 2 Dec 2022: Director resigned: KIRWAN, Mark Richard. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 2022. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 2 Dec 2022: Director resigned: GABY, Alan. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 2022. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 2 Dec 2022: Director resigned: BELL, Amanda Jane. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 2022. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 24 May 2022: New director appointed: BRIGGS, Kerry Simpson. Director change recorded on 24 May 2022. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 24 May 2022: New director appointed: REEVES, Samuel Charles. Director change recorded on 24 May 2022. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Sep 2020: New director appointed: KIRWAN, Mark Richard. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 2020. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about Kinneir Dufort Design Limited ### Is Kinneir Dufort Design Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Kinneir Dufort Design Limited in Bristol is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Kinneir Dufort Design Limited sponsor? Kinneir Dufort Design Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Kinneir Dufort Design Limited based? The register lists Kinneir Dufort Design Limited at 5 Host Street, Bristol, BS1 5BU. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 01311968. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/kinneir-dufort-design-limited-bristol-706702 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/kinneir-dufort-design-limited-bristol-706702.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.