--- title: "Michael Franklin (Chemists) limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/michael-franklin-chemists-limited-amersham-774352 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 --- # Michael Franklin (Chemists) limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Michael Franklin (Chemists) limited (Amersham) 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 26 December 2015 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 26 December 2015 - Legal name: MICHAEL FRANKLIN(CHEMISTS)LIMITED - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Amersham - Companies House number: 00744346 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00744346) - Website: http://mfranklin.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/michael-franklin-chemists-limited-amersham-774352 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 75 licensed sponsors in Amersham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/amersham - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 7 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 17 Aug 2020: Cessation of Mrs Sharda Kanubhai Patel as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 17 Aug 2020. 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. - 17 Aug 2020: Director resigned: PATEL, Sharda Kanubhai. Director change recorded on 17 Aug 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. - 23 Jul 2020: Notification of Mrs Sharda Kanubhai Patel as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 23 Jul 2020. 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. - 22 Sep 2018: Director resigned: PATEL, Kanubhai Chhotabhai. Director change recorded on 22 Sep 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. - 16 Feb 2018: New director appointed: PATEL, Amar Shilan Kalpesh. Director change recorded on 16 Feb 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. - 1 Jul 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Kalpesh Kanubhai Patel. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jul 2016. 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. - 25 Jan 2016: New director appointed: PATEL, Sharda Kanubhai. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 2016. 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. 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 Michael Franklin (Chemists) limited ### Is Michael Franklin (Chemists) limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Michael Franklin (Chemists) limited in Amersham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Michael Franklin (Chemists) limited sponsor? Michael Franklin (Chemists) limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Michael Franklin (Chemists) limited based? The register lists Michael Franklin (Chemists) limited at Amersham. 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. 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/michael-franklin-chemists-limited-amersham-774352 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/michael-franklin-chemists-limited-amersham-774352.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.