--- title: "Wilkin & Sons Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wilkin-and-sons-ltd-colchester-753022 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 --- # Wilkin & Sons Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Wilkin & Sons Ltd (trading as Tiptree; Companies House 00026233; Colchester) 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 27 July 2022 (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: 27 July 2022 - Trading as: Tiptree - Legal name: WILKIN & SONS LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Colchester - Registered address: Trewlands Farm, Tiptree,, Essex, CO5 0RF - Companies House number: 00026233 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00026233) - Website: https://www.tiptree.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wilkin-&-sons-ltd-of-tiptree - 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/wilkin-and-sons-ltd-colchester-753022 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 283 licensed sponsors in Colchester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/colchester - 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 33 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 19 Oct 2026: Secretary resigned: LEPPARD, Suzanne Louise. Company secretary change recorded on 19 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 16 Nov 2026. - 19 Oct 2026: New secretary appointed: BROTHERS, Emma. Company secretary change recorded on 19 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 16 Nov 2026. - 1 Jan 2026: New director appointed: BURNFORD, Joy Arabella Katherine. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 2026. 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. - 18 Nov 2025: Notification of Wilkin & Sons Ltd Employee Benefit Trust as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 18 Nov 2025. 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. - 18 Nov 2025: Cessation of Mr Thomas Dollimore as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Nov 2025. 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 2025: Cessation of Mrs Suzanne Louise Leppard as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Nov 2025. 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 2025: Cessation of Mr Frankie Glen Neal as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Nov 2025. 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 2025: Cessation of Mrs Nichola Johan Goldsack as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Nov 2025. 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 2025: Cessation of Mr Christopher Worth Newenham as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Nov 2025. 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 2025: Cessation of Mr Stuart Allan James as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Nov 2025. 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 2025: Cessation of Mr Peter David Powell as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Nov 2025. 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 2025: Cessation of Mr Walter William Scott as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Nov 2025. 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. - 22 Aug 2025: Cessation of Mr Scott Prain Goodfellow as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 22 Aug 2025. 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. - 22 Aug 2025: Director resigned: GOODFELLOW, Scott Prain. Director change recorded on 22 Aug 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. - 17 Jul 2025: New director appointed: MOORE, Anthony George. Director change recorded on 17 Jul 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. - 17 Jul 2025: New director appointed: IVANOV, Andrey. Director change recorded on 17 Jul 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. - 4 Jul 2025: Cessation of Mr Peter John Wilkin as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 4 Jul 2025. 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. - 4 Jul 2025: Director resigned: WILKIN, Peter John. Director change recorded on 4 Jul 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. - 21 Jan 2025: New director appointed: LEWIS, Marcus Peter. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 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. - 2 Oct 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 2 Oct 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. - 5 Aug 2024: New director appointed: LEPPARD, Suzanne Louise. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 1 Jul 2024: Cessation of Miss Aimee Claire Smith as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 1 Jul 2024: Cessation of Mr Andrey Ivanov as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 24 Jun 2024: Notification of Mr Thomas Dollimore as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 8 Jun 2024: Cessation of Mr Shane David Waughman as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Jun 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. - + 8 earlier changes on the web page 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 Wilkin & Sons Ltd ### Is Wilkin & Sons Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Wilkin & Sons Ltd in Colchester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Wilkin & Sons Ltd sponsor? Wilkin & Sons Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Wilkin & Sons Ltd based? The register lists Wilkin & Sons Ltd at Trewlands Farm, Tiptree,, Essex, CO5 0RF. 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 00026233. 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/wilkin-and-sons-ltd-colchester-753022 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wilkin-and-sons-ltd-colchester-753022.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.