--- title: "Winkworth Franchising Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/winkworth-franchising-ltd-london-753288 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 --- # Winkworth Franchising Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Winkworth Franchising Ltd (Companies House 03950111, London) 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 22 October 2013 (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: 22 October 2013 - Legal name: WINKWORTH FRANCHISING LIMITED - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: London - Registered address: 4th Floor, 1 Lumley Street, London, England, W1K 6TT - Companies House number: 03950111 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03950111) - Website: https://www.winkworth.co.uk/estate-agent-franchise/contact-us - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/winkworth/ - 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/winkworth-franchising-ltd-london-753288 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 10,203 in Property & Construction: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/property-construction - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 12 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 29 Jan 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 29 Jan 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. - 23 Oct 2024: Secretary resigned: DOREGOS, Margaret Ogunbunmi. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Oct 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. - 23 Oct 2024: New secretary appointed: NICOL, Andrew John Diarmid. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Oct 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. - 21 Feb 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 21 Feb 2023. 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. - 20 Feb 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 Feb 2023. 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. - 11 Feb 2020: New director appointed: TAN, Thuang Lin. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 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. - 17 Mar 2017: Notification of M Winkworth Plc as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 17 Mar 2017. 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. - 7 Feb 2017: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 7 Feb 2017. 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. - 17 Oct 2016: New director appointed: NICOL, Andrew John Diarmid. Director change recorded on 17 Oct 2016. 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 Jul 2016: Director resigned: TRIMBLE, James Michael. Director change recorded on 15 Jul 2016. 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. - 27 May 2016: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 27 May 2016. 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. - 6 Dec 2013: Director resigned: SNAREY, Anthony John. Director change recorded on 6 Dec 2013. 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 Winkworth Franchising Ltd ### Is Winkworth Franchising Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Winkworth Franchising Ltd in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Winkworth Franchising Ltd sponsor? Winkworth Franchising Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Winkworth Franchising Ltd based? The register lists Winkworth Franchising Ltd at 4th Floor, 1 Lumley Street, London, England, W1K 6TT. 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 03950111. 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/winkworth-franchising-ltd-london-753288 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/winkworth-franchising-ltd-london-753288.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.