--- title: "TMD Friction Holdings (UK) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/tmd-friction-holdings-uk-ltd-cleckheaton-770701 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 --- # TMD Friction Holdings (UK) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, TMD Friction Holdings (UK) Ltd (Companies House 08322007, Cleckheaton) 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 22 February 2017 (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: 22 February 2017 - Legal name: MOONDOWNER HOLDINGS UK LTD - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Cleckheaton - Registered address: PO BOX 18 Centurion House, Centurion Way Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England, BD19 3UJ - Companies House number: 08322007 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08322007) - Website: https://tmdfriction.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tmd-friction/ - 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/tmd-friction-holdings-uk-ltd-cleckheaton-770701 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 27 licensed sponsors in Cleckheaton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cleckheaton - 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: - 30 Oct 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 30 Oct 2025. 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. - 2 Oct 2025: Director resigned: HUNDERTMARK, Tobias. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 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. - 2 Oct 2025: New director appointed: WESTPHAL, Ralph Maximilian. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 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. - 11 Dec 2024: New director appointed: HUNDERTMARK, Tobias. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 11 Dec 2024: Director resigned: FIRBANK, Steven. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 11 Dec 2024: Director resigned: BAINES, David Edward. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 11 Dec 2024: Director resigned: DESPINEUX, Sebastian. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 10 Dec 2024: Company name changed, now trading as "MOONDOWNER HOLDINGS UK LTD". Company name change recorded on 10 Dec 2024. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 2 Oct 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 2 Oct 2024. 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. - 26 Feb 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 26 Feb 2024. 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. - 29 Dec 2022: Notification of Tmd Friction Group S.À R.L. as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 29 Dec 2022. 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. - 29 Dec 2022: Cessation of Tmd Friction Holdings (Lux) S.A.R.L. as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 Dec 2022. 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. - 18 Nov 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 18 Nov 2022. 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. - 10 Jan 2022: New director appointed: DESPINEUX, Sebastian. Director change recorded on 10 Jan 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. - 31 Dec 2021: Director resigned: DANNOURA, Takaharu, Mr.. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 1 Aug 2019: New director appointed: BAINES, David Edward. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 31 Jul 2019: Director resigned: KUMAKAWA, Tetsuya, Mr.. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 22 Mar 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Mar 2019. 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. - 1 Apr 2018: New director appointed: DANNOURA, Takaharu, Mr.. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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 Apr 2018: New director appointed: KUMAKAWA, Tetsuya, Mr.. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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 Apr 2018: Director resigned: HUDSON, John Charles. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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 Apr 2018: Director resigned: HARTLAND, Malcolm Robert. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. 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 TMD Friction Holdings (UK) Ltd ### Is TMD Friction Holdings (UK) Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. TMD Friction Holdings (UK) Ltd in Cleckheaton is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can TMD Friction Holdings (UK) Ltd sponsor? TMD Friction Holdings (UK) 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 TMD Friction Holdings (UK) Ltd based? The register lists TMD Friction Holdings (UK) Ltd at PO BOX 18 Centurion House, Centurion Way Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England, BD19 3UJ. 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 08322007. 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/tmd-friction-holdings-uk-ltd-cleckheaton-770701 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/tmd-friction-holdings-uk-ltd-cleckheaton-770701.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.