--- title: "Link Up Mitaka Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/link-up-mitaka-ltd-leeds-709745 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 --- # Link Up Mitaka Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Link Up Mitaka Ltd (Companies House 01789968, Leeds) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: LINK UP MITAKA LIMITED - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Leeds - Registered address: Brainworks, Unit 4, Royds Close, Leeds, England, LS12 6LL - Companies House number: 01789968 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01789968) - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sparklane/ - 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/link-up-mitaka-ltd-leeds-709745 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,083 licensed sponsors in Leeds: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leeds - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-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 50 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 12 Aug 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 12 Aug 2026. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Mar 2024: Director resigned: LIGHTOWLER, Andrew Graham. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 2024. 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. - 1 Jan 2024: New director appointed: RICE, Mark Oliver. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 2024. 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. - 28 Dec 2023: Secretary resigned: DALEY, Mark. Company secretary change recorded on 28 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. - 28 Dec 2023: Director resigned: DALEY, Mark Andrew. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 5 Oct 2021: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 5 Oct 2021. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 17 Aug 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 17 Aug 2021. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 4 Aug 2021: Director resigned: SANGIOVANNI, Luis Alberto. Director change recorded on 4 Aug 2021. 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. - 4 Aug 2021: Director resigned: GOULD, Michele. Director change recorded on 4 Aug 2021. 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. - 4 Aug 2021: Director resigned: GREGG, Leanne. Director change recorded on 4 Aug 2021. 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. - 4 Aug 2021: Director resigned: GOULD, Laurence Jeremy. Director change recorded on 4 Aug 2021. 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. - 28 Apr 2020: New director appointed: SANGIOVANNI, Luis Alberto. Director change recorded on 28 Apr 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. - 10 Mar 2020: New director appointed: LIGHTOWLER, Andrew Graham. Director change recorded on 10 Mar 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. - 13 Feb 2020: New secretary appointed: DALEY, Mark. Company secretary change recorded on 13 Feb 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. - 13 Feb 2020: Secretary resigned: GRIFFITHS, Hazel Jayne. Company secretary change recorded on 13 Feb 2020. 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. - 30 Oct 2019: New director appointed: GREGG, Leanne. Director change recorded on 30 Oct 2019. 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. - 10 Oct 2019: Director resigned: LEVITT, Garry Charles. Director change recorded on 10 Oct 2019. 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. - 10 Oct 2019: Director resigned: ARKAN, Ali Nihat. Director change recorded on 10 Oct 2019. 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. - 10 Oct 2019: New director appointed: GOULD, Joshua. Director change recorded on 10 Oct 2019. 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. - 12 Aug 2019: New secretary appointed: GRIFFITHS, Hazel Jayne. Company secretary change recorded on 12 Aug 2019. 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. - 12 Aug 2019: Secretary resigned: ARKAN, Ali Nihat. Company secretary change recorded on 12 Aug 2019. 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. - 26 Apr 2019: New secretary appointed: ARKAN, Ali Nihat. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Apr 2019. 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. - 26 Apr 2019: Secretary resigned: MILLS, Marcus Lee. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Apr 2019. 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. - 18 Feb 2019: New director appointed: LEVITT, Garry Charles. Director change recorded on 18 Feb 2019. 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. - 18 Feb 2019: New director appointed: ARKAN, Ali Nihat. Director change recorded on 18 Feb 2019. 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 earlier changes on the web page 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 Link Up Mitaka Ltd ### Is Link Up Mitaka Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Link Up Mitaka Ltd in Leeds is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Link Up Mitaka Ltd sponsor? Link Up Mitaka Ltd 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 Link Up Mitaka Ltd based? The register lists Link Up Mitaka Ltd at Brainworks, Unit 4, Royds Close, Leeds, England, LS12 6LL. 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 01789968. 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/link-up-mitaka-ltd-leeds-709745 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/link-up-mitaka-ltd-leeds-709745.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.