--- title: "Thorn Lighting Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/thorn-lighting-ltd-spennymoor-755745 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 --- # Thorn Lighting Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Thorn Lighting Ltd (Companies House 00263866, Spennymoor) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 27 November 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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 27 November 2013 - Legal name: THORN LIGHTING LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Spennymoor - Registered address: 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 7EU - Companies House number: 00263866 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00263866) - 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/thorn-lighting-ltd-spennymoor-755745 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 12 licensed sponsors in Spennymoor: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/spennymoor - 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 22 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Aug 2025: New director appointed: LYONS, John Francis. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 30 Jun 2025: Director resigned: KILBURN, Paul Anthony. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 1 Nov 2022: New director appointed: KILBURN, Paul Anthony. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 1 Jun 2022: Director resigned: BOUCHER, Matthew James. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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 Jun 2022: New director appointed: HAGSPIEL, Emanuel. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 5 Mar 2019: New director appointed: ARTHY, Peter Lewis. Director change recorded on 5 Mar 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. - 11 Feb 2019: Director resigned: BRYDON, Gavin Antony. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 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 Oct 2018: New director appointed: BOUCHER, Matthew James. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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 Oct 2018: Director resigned: RUSSELL, Mark Leonard James. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 7 Jun 2018: New director appointed: THOMSON, Claire Therese. Director change recorded on 7 Jun 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. - 8 May 2018: New director appointed: RUSSELL, Mark Leonard James. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 8 May 2018: Director resigned: HOUGHTON, Peter John. Director change recorded on 8 May 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. - 8 May 2018: Director resigned: COGGINS, Paul Marcus. Director change recorded on 8 May 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. - 12 Sep 2016: Corporate-secretary resigned: ST JOHNS SQUARE SECRETARIES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 12 Sep 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. - 12 Sep 2016: New secretary appointed: WHITEHEAD, Christopher Colin. Company secretary change recorded on 12 Sep 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Thorn Lighting Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 21 Apr 2015: Director resigned: SHORT, Christopher. Director change recorded on 21 Apr 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. - 20 Mar 2014: Director resigned: BRANDT, Martin Anton. Director change recorded on 20 Mar 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. - 20 Mar 2014: Director resigned: ARROYO, Eladia Pulido. Director change recorded on 20 Mar 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. - 10 Jan 2014: New director appointed: BRYDON, Gavin Antony. Director change recorded on 10 Jan 2014. 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. - 10 Jan 2014: New director appointed: SHORT, Christopher. Director change recorded on 10 Jan 2014. 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. - 6 Dec 2013: Director resigned: CARMICHAEL, Terrence. Director change recorded on 6 Dec 2013. 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 Thorn Lighting Ltd ### Is Thorn Lighting Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Thorn Lighting Ltd in Spennymoor is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Thorn Lighting Ltd sponsor? Thorn Lighting Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Thorn Lighting Ltd based? The register lists Thorn Lighting Ltd at 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 7EU. 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 00263866. 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/thorn-lighting-ltd-spennymoor-755745 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/thorn-lighting-ltd-spennymoor-755745.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.