--- title: "Macdonald Hotels Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/macdonald-hotels-limited-bathgate-711925 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 --- # Macdonald Hotels Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Macdonald Hotels Limited (Companies House SC247423, Bathgate) 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 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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Bathgate - Registered address: Whiteside House, Whiteside Industrial Estate, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 2RX - Companies House number: SC247423 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC247423) - Website: https://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/macdonald-hotels - 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/macdonald-hotels-limited-bathgate-711925 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 49 licensed sponsors in Bathgate: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bathgate - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 44 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 2 Jun 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 2 Jun 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. - 7 Apr 2026: Secretary resigned: MACFARLANE, Stephanie Rose. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Apr 2026. 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. - 31 Mar 2026: Cessation of Cardrona Charitable Trust as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 2026. 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. - 14 May 2025: New director appointed: DAVIDSON, James Dickie. Director change recorded on 14 May 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. - 14 May 2025: New director appointed: MACDONALD, Marjorie. Director change recorded on 14 May 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. - 14 May 2025: New director appointed: DAVIES, Stuart Paul. Director change recorded on 14 May 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. - 30 Dec 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 30 Dec 2024. 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. - 15 Jan 2024: New secretary appointed: MACFARLANE, Stephanie Rose. Company secretary change recorded on 15 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. - 23 Oct 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 23 Oct 2023. 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. - 17 Aug 2023: Secretary resigned: HEENEY, Caroline. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Aug 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. - 8 Aug 2023: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 8 Aug 2023. 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. - 15 May 2023: New secretary appointed: HEENEY, Caroline. Company secretary change recorded on 15 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. - 15 May 2023: Secretary resigned: FRASER, Robert Gordon. Company secretary change recorded on 15 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. - 20 Oct 2022: New director appointed: GILLIES, Hugh. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 7 Jan 2022: Director resigned: FALLS, Aaron Peter. Director change recorded on 7 Jan 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. - 12 Nov 2021: Director resigned: O'NEILL, Tara. Director change recorded on 12 Nov 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. - 19 May 2021: New director appointed: FALLS, Aaron Peter. Director change recorded on 19 May 2021. 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 Dec 2020: New director appointed: O'NEILL, Tara. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 22 Jun 2020: Director resigned: JACKSON, Simon Richard. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 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. - 19 Jun 2020: Director resigned: MACDONALD, Ruaridh. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 31 Dec 2019: Director resigned: PAJARES, Ramon. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 31 Dec 2019: New director appointed: GILLIES, Iain. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 31 May 2019: Director resigned: MCBURNIE, Jason. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 28 Feb 2019: New director appointed: SMITH, Gerard Henry. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 17 Feb 2017: New director appointed: MCBURNIE, Jason. Director change recorded on 17 Feb 2017. 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. - + 19 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 Macdonald Hotels Limited ### Is Macdonald Hotels Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Macdonald Hotels Limited in Bathgate 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 Macdonald Hotels Limited sponsor? Macdonald Hotels Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Macdonald Hotels Limited based? The register lists Macdonald Hotels Limited at Whiteside House, Whiteside Industrial Estate, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 2RX. 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 SC247423. 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/macdonald-hotels-limited-bathgate-711925 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/macdonald-hotels-limited-bathgate-711925.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.