--- title: "LDF OPERATIONS LIMITED (t/a White Oak UK): UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ldf-operations-limited-t-a-white-oak-uk-chester-708695 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 --- # LDF OPERATIONS LIMITED (t/a White Oak UK): UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, LDF OPERATIONS LIMITED (t/a White Oak UK) (Companies House 02029122, Chester) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 22 March 2022 (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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 22 March 2022 - Legal name: LDF OPERATIONS LIMITED - Also known as: LDF PROFESSIONS; LEASEDIRECT; VEHICLES IN PRACTICE - Industry: Financial Services - Town: Chester - Registered address: Second Floor, Hq Offices, 58 Nicholas Street, Chester, England, CH1 2NP - Companies House number: 02029122 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02029122) - Website: https://whiteoakeurope.com/contact/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/whiteoakuk - 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/ldf-operations-limited-t-a-white-oak-uk-chester-708695 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 157 licensed sponsors in Chester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/chester - One of 7,429 in Financial Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/financial-services - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 2 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 26 Apr 2022: New director appointed: BANKS, Douglas. Director change recorded on 26 Apr 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. - 25 Apr 2022: Director resigned: FELTON, James. Director change recorded on 25 Apr 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. 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 LDF OPERATIONS LIMITED (t/a White Oak UK) ### Is LDF OPERATIONS LIMITED (t/a White Oak UK) a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. LDF OPERATIONS LIMITED (t/a White Oak UK) in Chester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can LDF OPERATIONS LIMITED (t/a White Oak UK) sponsor? LDF OPERATIONS LIMITED (t/a White Oak UK) is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is LDF OPERATIONS LIMITED (t/a White Oak UK) based? The register lists LDF OPERATIONS LIMITED (t/a White Oak UK) at Second Floor, Hq Offices, 58 Nicholas Street, Chester, England, CH1 2NP. 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 02029122. 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/ldf-operations-limited-t-a-white-oak-uk-chester-708695 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ldf-operations-limited-t-a-white-oak-uk-chester-708695.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.