--- title: "Whitburn Food Store Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/whitburn-food-store-limited-bathgate-752755 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 --- # Whitburn Food Store Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Whitburn Food Store Limited (Companies House SC714963, Bathgate) 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 3 July 2023 (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: 3 July 2023 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Bathgate - Registered address: 146 West Main Street, Whitburn, Bathgate, Scotland, EH47 0QR - Companies House number: SC714963 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC714963) - 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/whitburn-food-store-limited-bathgate-752755 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 49 licensed sponsors in Bathgate: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bathgate - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 7 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 22 Apr 2025: Company is dissolved at Companies House. Company status change recorded on 22 Apr 2025 (dissolved). If your organisation has stopped trading or become insolvent, this must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 2 Dec 2024: Notification of Mr Izhar Ahmed as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 2 Dec 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. - 2 Dec 2024: Cessation of Mr Zaid Sharif as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 2 Dec 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. - 2 Dec 2024: Director resigned: SHARIF, Zaid. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 2 Dec 2024: New director appointed: AHMED, Izhar. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 29 Jan 2024: Cessation of Mr Qamar Sharif as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 Jan 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. - 29 Jan 2024: Director resigned: SHARIF, Qamar. Director change recorded on 29 Jan 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. 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 Whitburn Food Store Limited ### Is Whitburn Food Store Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Whitburn Food Store Limited in Bathgate is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Whitburn Food Store Limited sponsor? Whitburn Food Store Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Whitburn Food Store Limited based? The register lists Whitburn Food Store Limited at 146 West Main Street, Whitburn, Bathgate, Scotland, EH47 0QR. 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 SC714963. 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/whitburn-food-store-limited-bathgate-752755 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/whitburn-food-store-limited-bathgate-752755.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.