--- title: "Shawton Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/shawton-limited-newton-le-willows-734949 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 --- # Shawton Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Shawton Limited (trading as Shawton Energy; Companies House 11150062; Newton Le Willows) 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 7 November 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: 7 November 2022 - Trading as: Shawton Energy - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: Newton Le Willows - Registered address: Shawton, Unit 1, Junction Lane, Newton-Le-Willows, United Kingdom, WA12 8DN - Companies House number: 11150062 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11150062) - Website: https://shawtonenergy.co.uk/ - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/shawtonenergy - 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/shawton-limited-newton-le-willows-734949 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 15 licensed sponsors in Newton Le Willows: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/newton-le-willows - 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 8 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 14 Aug 2025: New director appointed: SHAW, James Michael. Director change recorded on 14 Aug 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. - 12 Aug 2025: Notification of Shawton Group Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 12 Aug 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. - 12 Aug 2025: Cessation of Mr Graham John Shaw as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Aug 2025. 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 Sep 2024: Notification of Mr Graham John Shaw as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 25 Sep 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. - 25 Sep 2024: Cessation of Abc Fibre Ltd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Sep 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. - 20 May 2024: Director resigned: SULLIVAN, Stephen. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 7 Nov 2023: Director resigned: SHAW, James Michael. Director change recorded on 7 Nov 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. - 7 Nov 2023: New director appointed: SHAW, Graham John. Director change recorded on 7 Nov 2023. 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 Shawton Limited ### Is Shawton Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Shawton Limited in Newton Le Willows 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 Shawton Limited sponsor? Shawton Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Shawton Limited based? The register lists Shawton Limited at Shawton, Unit 1, Junction Lane, Newton-Le-Willows, United Kingdom, WA12 8DN. 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 11150062. 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/shawton-limited-newton-le-willows-734949 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/shawton-limited-newton-le-willows-734949.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.