--- title: "Packaging Automation Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/packaging-automation-ltd-knutsford-722545 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 --- # Packaging Automation Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Packaging Automation Ltd (Companies House 00761199, Knutsford) 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 25 October 2022 (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: 25 October 2022 - Legal name: PACKAGING AUTOMATION LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Knutsford - Registered address: Unit 1, Montgomery Close, Parkgate Industrial Park, Knutsford, WA16 8XW - Companies House number: 00761199 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00761199) - Website: https://www.pal.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/packaging-automation-ltd-knutsford-722545 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 35 licensed sponsors in Knutsford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/knutsford - 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 7 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 19 Nov 2025: Notification of Mrs Samantha Ashton as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 19 Nov 2025. 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. - 19 Nov 2025: Notification of Mr Neil Ashton as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 19 Nov 2025. 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. - 19 Nov 2025: Notification of Mr David Schumacker as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 19 Nov 2025. 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. - 19 Nov 2025: Share capital filing. Share filing recorded on 19 Nov 2025, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 4 Jan 2024: Notification of Mrs Carol Ann Penn as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 4 Jan 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 Jan 2024: Cessation of Mr Anthony Arthur Penn as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 4 Jan 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. - 19 Jun 2023: Director resigned: PENN, Anthony Arthur. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. 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 Packaging Automation Ltd ### Is Packaging Automation Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Packaging Automation Ltd in Knutsford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Packaging Automation Ltd sponsor? Packaging Automation Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Packaging Automation Ltd based? The register lists Packaging Automation Ltd at Unit 1, Montgomery Close, Parkgate Industrial Park, Knutsford, WA16 8XW. 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 00761199. 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/packaging-automation-ltd-knutsford-722545 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/packaging-automation-ltd-knutsford-722545.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.