--- title: "Turntide Drives Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/turntide-drives-ltd-gateshead-756758 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 --- # Turntide Drives Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Turntide Drives Ltd (Companies House 13224626, Gateshead) 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 9 August 2021 (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: 9 August 2021 - Legal name: TURNTIDE DRIVES LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Gateshead - Registered address: Turntide Drives Eighth Avenue, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, United Kingdom, NE11 0QA - Companies House number: 13224626 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13224626) - 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/turntide-drives-ltd-gateshead-756758 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 140 licensed sponsors in Gateshead: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/gateshead - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 9 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 30 Jun 2026: Director resigned: COX, Mark. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 2026. 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. - 30 Aug 2024: Director resigned: KARIM, Michael Salim. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 11 Jun 2024: New director appointed: HORNYAK, Steven Mark, Mr.. Director change recorded on 11 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. - 31 Dec 2023: Director resigned: PENNISON, Christopher Roy. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 8 Oct 2023: Director resigned: MORRIS, Ryan Jeffrey. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 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. - 28 Oct 2022: New director appointed: COX, Mark. Director change recorded on 28 Oct 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. - 28 Oct 2022: Director resigned: SHAKOORI, Roya. Director change recorded on 28 Oct 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. - 28 Jan 2022: Director resigned: BOYLE, Matthew. Director change recorded on 28 Jan 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. - 19 Oct 2021: New director appointed: PENNISON, Christopher Roy. Director change recorded on 19 Oct 2021. 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 Turntide Drives Ltd ### Is Turntide Drives Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Turntide Drives Ltd in Gateshead is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Turntide Drives Ltd sponsor? Turntide Drives Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Turntide Drives Ltd based? The register lists Turntide Drives Ltd at Turntide Drives Eighth Avenue, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, United Kingdom, NE11 0QA. 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 13224626. 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/turntide-drives-ltd-gateshead-756758 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/turntide-drives-ltd-gateshead-756758.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.