--- title: "Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ludlow-bookbinders-ltd-ludlow-711279 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 --- # Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd (Companies House 05818448, Ludlow) 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 8 September 2023 (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: 8 September 2023 - Legal name: LUDLOW BOOKBINDERS LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Ludlow - Registered address: Unit 5 Lower Barns Business Park, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 4DS - Companies House number: 05818448 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05818448) - Website: https://www.ludlowbookbinders.co.uk - 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/ludlow-bookbinders-ltd-ludlow-711279 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 20 licensed sponsors in Ludlow: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/ludlow - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 10 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 12 Oct 2026: New director appointed: KIDSON, Sebastian Hector Goodchild. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 9 Nov 2026. - 12 Oct 2026: New director appointed: KIDSON, Ottilie Sophie Alice. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 9 Nov 2026. - 12 Oct 2026: New director appointed: KIDSON, Ariadne Katherine Hermione. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 9 Nov 2026. - 12 Oct 2026: New director appointed: KIDSON, Io Florence Lalage. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 9 Nov 2026. - 22 Apr 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Apr 2025. 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. - 5 Dec 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Paul Leonard Kidson. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 Dec 2024. 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. - 5 Dec 2024: New person with significant control: Mrs Emma Charlotte Kate Kidson. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 Dec 2024. 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. - 4 Dec 2024: Notification of Ludlow Bb Holdings Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 4 Dec 2024. 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. - 4 Dec 2024: Cessation of Mrs Emma Charlotte Kate Kidson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 4 Dec 2024. 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. - 4 Dec 2024: Cessation of Mr Paul Leonard Kidson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 4 Dec 2024. 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. 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 Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd ### Is Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd in Ludlow is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd sponsor? Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd based? The register lists Ludlow Bookbinders Ltd at Unit 5 Lower Barns Business Park, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 4DS. 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 05818448. 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/ludlow-bookbinders-ltd-ludlow-711279 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ludlow-bookbinders-ltd-ludlow-711279.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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