--- title: "Whitecroft Lighting Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/whitecroft-lighting-limited-ashton-under-lyne-752827 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 --- # Whitecroft Lighting Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Whitecroft Lighting Limited (Companies House 03848973, Ashton-under-Lyne) 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 12 September 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: 12 September 2017 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE - Registered address: Burlington Street, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, OL7 0AX - Companies House number: 03848973 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03848973) - Website: https://www.whitecroftlighting.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/805625/ - 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/whitecroft-lighting-limited-ashton-under-lyne-752827 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 78 licensed sponsors in Ashton-Under-Lyne: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/ashton-under-lyne - 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 24 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 5 Sep 2025: Director resigned: WOOD, Michael. Director change recorded on 5 Sep 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. - 5 Jul 2024: Secretary resigned: MAWBY, Peter. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 13 Mar 2023: Director resigned: FLINK, Catharina Anna Birgitta. Director change recorded on 13 Mar 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 Apr 2022: Director resigned: MCCARROLL, Neil Robert. Director change recorded on 8 Apr 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. - 8 Apr 2022: New director appointed: SERIF, David Raif. Director change recorded on 8 Apr 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. - 15 Sep 2021: New director appointed: FLINK, Catharina Anna Birgitta. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 15 Sep 2021: Director resigned: FRANSSON, Anders Erik Einar. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 12 Jul 2021: New secretary appointed: MAWBY, Peter. Company secretary change recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 12 Jul 2021: Director resigned: DAWS, Graham Michael. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 12 Jul 2021: Director resigned: SERIF, David Raif. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 12 Jul 2021: Director resigned: PASKIN, Matthew John. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 30 Jun 2021: Notification of Fagerhult Group Ab as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 30 Jun 2021. 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. - 30 Jun 2021: Cessation of Whitecroft Lighting Holdings Ltd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Jun 2021. 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. - 31 Mar 2020: New director appointed: FRANSSON, Anders Erik Einar. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2020. 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 Mar 2020: Director resigned: CASSIDY, Paul Anthony. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2020. 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. - 31 Mar 2020: Director resigned: VAN DER MEER, Geert Jan, Dr. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2020. 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. - 9 Sep 2019: Director resigned: WARNER, Philip George. Director change recorded on 9 Sep 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 May 2019: New director appointed: WARNER, Philip George. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. - 30 Apr 2019: Director resigned: TRAIL, David George. Director change recorded on 30 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 Jan 2019: New director appointed: MCCARROLL, Neil Robert. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 8 Oct 2018: New director appointed: SONESSON, Bodil. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 31 Aug 2018: Director resigned: HJERTONSSON, Johan. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 4 Jun 2018: Director resigned: KILBY, Nigel Norman. Director change recorded on 4 Jun 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 Jan 2018: New director appointed: PASKIN, Matthew John. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. 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 Whitecroft Lighting Limited ### Is Whitecroft Lighting Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Whitecroft Lighting Limited in ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE 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 Whitecroft Lighting Limited sponsor? Whitecroft Lighting 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 Whitecroft Lighting Limited based? The register lists Whitecroft Lighting Limited at Burlington Street, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, OL7 0AX. 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 03848973. 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/whitecroft-lighting-limited-ashton-under-lyne-752827 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/whitecroft-lighting-limited-ashton-under-lyne-752827.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.