--- title: "Southco Manufacturing Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/southco-manufacturing-limited-worcester-737858 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 --- # Southco Manufacturing Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Southco Manufacturing Limited (Companies House 04328069, Worcester) 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 December 2016 (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 December 2016 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Worcester - Registered address: Touchpoint, Wainwright Road, Worcester, WR4 9FA - Companies House number: 04328069 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04328069) - Website: https://southco.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/southco-inc-/ - 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/southco-manufacturing-limited-worcester-737858 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 159 licensed sponsors in Worcester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/worcester - 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 16 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 1 Aug 2024: Director resigned: GILLOTT, Isobel Jane. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 20 Sep 2022: New director appointed: BUSH, Daniel. Director change recorded on 20 Sep 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. - 16 Sep 2022: Secretary resigned: EVANS, Andrew Jonathan. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Sep 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. - 26 Apr 2019: New secretary appointed: EVANS, Andrew Jonathan. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Apr 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. - 26 Apr 2019: Secretary resigned: GILLOTT, Isobel. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Apr 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. - 1 Aug 2018: New director appointed: GILLOTT, Isobel Jane. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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 Aug 2018: Director resigned: BROWN, Paul. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2018: Director resigned: MACPHERSON, Douglas D.. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2018: Director resigned: POTGIETER, Quintin. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2018: Director resigned: TESTEIL, Pascal. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2018: Director resigned: HARDING, Susan Louise. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2018: New director appointed: SPINAGE, Rosalind. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 2 Jul 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 2 Jul 2018. 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. - 1 May 2018: New director appointed: KEMPSON, Philip, Mr.. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. - 31 Aug 2017: Director resigned: EISEN, Alan Louis. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2017. 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. - 18 Aug 2017: New director appointed: MACPHERSON, Douglas D.. Director change recorded on 18 Aug 2017. 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 Southco Manufacturing Limited ### Is Southco Manufacturing Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Southco Manufacturing Limited in Worcester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Southco Manufacturing Limited sponsor? Southco Manufacturing Limited 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 Southco Manufacturing Limited based? The register lists Southco Manufacturing Limited at Touchpoint, Wainwright Road, Worcester, WR4 9FA. 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 04328069. 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/southco-manufacturing-limited-worcester-737858 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/southco-manufacturing-limited-worcester-737858.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.