--- title: "Milliken Industrials Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/milliken-industrials-ltd-wigan-715431 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 --- # Milliken Industrials Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Milliken Industrials Ltd (Companies House 00172105, Wigan) 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: MILLIKEN INDUSTRIALS LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Wigan - Registered address: Beech Hill Plant, Gidlow Lane, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 8RN - Companies House number: 00172105 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00172105) - Website: https://www.milliken.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/milliken-&-company - 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/milliken-industrials-ltd-wigan-715431 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 131 licensed sponsors in Wigan: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/wigan - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - 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 14 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 13 Jun 2025: Director resigned: GRAHAM, Jeremy Samuel. Director change recorded on 13 Jun 2025. 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 Jun 2025: New director appointed: WARING, Catherine. Director change recorded on 13 Jun 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. - 1 Jul 2022: Director resigned: HAWORTH, Martin John. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 1 Jul 2022: New director appointed: CROTTY, John Denis. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 27 Aug 2019: New director appointed: SMART, David. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 29 Jul 2019: Director resigned: MCNULTY, James John. Director change recorded on 29 Jul 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 Jan 2019: New director appointed: COOK, Halsey. Director change recorded on 28 Jan 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. - 4 Jan 2017: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Jan 2017. 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. - 22 Nov 2016: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Nov 2016. 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. - 18 Nov 2016: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 18 Nov 2016. 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 Oct 2016: Director resigned: SALLEY, Joseph Murdock, Dr. Director change recorded on 17 Oct 2016. 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. - 17 Jul 2015: Director resigned: MEJIA, Ricardo. Director change recorded on 17 Jul 2015. 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. - 2 Apr 2014: Director resigned: MOODY II, David Jesse, Dr. Director change recorded on 2 Apr 2014. 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 Aug 2013: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 30 Aug 2013. 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. 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 Milliken Industrials Ltd ### Is Milliken Industrials Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Milliken Industrials Ltd in Wigan 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 Milliken Industrials Ltd sponsor? Milliken Industrials 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 Milliken Industrials Ltd based? The register lists Milliken Industrials Ltd at Beech Hill Plant, Gidlow Lane, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 8RN. 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 00172105. 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/milliken-industrials-ltd-wigan-715431 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/milliken-industrials-ltd-wigan-715431.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.