--- title: "SBD Automotive Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sbd-automotive-ltd-milton-keynes-758947 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 --- # SBD Automotive Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, SBD Automotive Ltd (Companies House 03403037, Milton Keynes) 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 23 July 2020 (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: 23 July 2020 - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Milton Keynes - Registered address: 10 Shenley Pavilions, Chalkdell Drive, Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, MK5 6LB - Companies House number: 03403037 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03403037) - Website: https://www.sbdautomotive.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sbdautomotive - 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/sbd-automotive-ltd-milton-keynes-758947 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 840 licensed sponsors in Milton Keynes: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/milton-keynes - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - 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 17 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 23 Jul 2024: Director resigned: BELL, David Antony. Director change recorded on 23 Jul 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. - 23 Jul 2024: Director resigned: MCCLURE, David Edward. Director change recorded on 23 Jul 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. - 27 Jun 2024: New director appointed: JONES, Josephine. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 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. - 27 Jun 2024: New director appointed: HANNAH, Jeffrey Steven. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 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. - 19 Jul 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Jul 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. - 13 Aug 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 13 Aug 2021. 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. - 28 Apr 2021: Treasury shares cancelled. Share filing recorded on 28 Apr 2021, 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. - 2 Mar 2021: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 2 Mar 2021, 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. - 25 Feb 2021: Notification of Sbd Automotive Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 25 Feb 2021. 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. - 25 Feb 2021: Director resigned: GARRETT, Mark William. Director change recorded on 25 Feb 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. - 25 Feb 2021: Director resigned: WHITBY-SMITH, Robert James. Director change recorded on 25 Feb 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. - 25 Feb 2021: Director resigned: PALMER, Andrew Charles, Dr. Director change recorded on 25 Feb 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. - 25 Feb 2021: Director resigned: JONES, Gareth Bryn. Director change recorded on 25 Feb 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. - 25 Feb 2021: Director resigned: COLMAN, Lee Christopher. Director change recorded on 25 Feb 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. - 3 Feb 2021: Company bought back its own shares. Share filing recorded on 3 Feb 2021, 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. - 2 Feb 2021: Company bought back its own shares. Share filing recorded on 2 Feb 2021, 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. - 18 Nov 2020: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 18 Nov 2020. 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 SBD Automotive Ltd ### Is SBD Automotive Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. SBD Automotive Ltd in Milton Keynes is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can SBD Automotive Ltd sponsor? SBD Automotive 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 SBD Automotive Ltd based? The register lists SBD Automotive Ltd at 10 Shenley Pavilions, Chalkdell Drive, Shenley Wood, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, MK5 6LB. 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 03403037. 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/sbd-automotive-ltd-milton-keynes-758947 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sbd-automotive-ltd-milton-keynes-758947.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.