--- title: "MCK Associates Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mck-associates-limited-preston-715307 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 --- # MCK Associates Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, MCK Associates Limited (Companies House 06773293, Preston) 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 21 May 2018 (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: 21 May 2018 - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: Preston - Registered address: 48 Watling Street Road, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 8BP - Companies House number: 06773293 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06773293) - Website: https://mckassociates.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/mck-associates-limited-preston-715307 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 397 licensed sponsors in Preston: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/preston - One of 10,203 in Property & Construction: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/property-construction - 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 1 November 2026, newest first: - 16 May 2026: Notification of Burnaby Holdings Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 16 May 2026. 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. - 15 May 2026: Cessation of Mr Paul Stephenson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 May 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. - 15 May 2026: Cessation of Mr Stephen Christopher Kay as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 May 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. - 15 May 2026: Cessation of Mr Peter George Miller as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 May 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. - 21 Jan 2025: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 21 Jan 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. - 13 May 2024: Cessation of Mr Martin John Richardson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 May 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. - 13 May 2024: Director resigned: RICHARDSON, Martin John. Director change recorded on 13 May 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. - 13 Oct 2021: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 13 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. - 21 Sep 2021: New person with significant control: Mr Paul Stephenson. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Sep 2021. 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. - 21 Sep 2021: New person with significant control: Mr Stephen Christopher Kay. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Sep 2021. 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. - 21 Sep 2021: New person with significant control: Mr Martin John Richardson. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Sep 2021. 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. - 8 Nov 2018: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 8 Nov 2018. 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. - 6 Nov 2018: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Nov 2018. 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. - 1 Sep 2018: New director appointed: RICHARDSON, Martin John. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 2018. 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 Aug 2018: Director resigned: KIRKHAM, Andrew Peter. Director change recorded on 13 Aug 2018. 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. - 9 Aug 2018: Cessation of Mr Andrew Peter Kirkham as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 9 Aug 2018. 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 MCK Associates Limited ### Is MCK Associates Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. MCK Associates Limited in Preston is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can MCK Associates Limited sponsor? MCK Associates Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is MCK Associates Limited based? The register lists MCK Associates Limited at 48 Watling Street Road, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 8BP. 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 06773293. 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/mck-associates-limited-preston-715307 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mck-associates-limited-preston-715307.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.