--- title: "X-Rite Ltd.: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/x-rite-ltd-stockport-754292 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 --- # X-Rite Ltd.: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, X-Rite Ltd. (trading as X-Rite Locations; Companies House 01332574; Stockport) 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 13 June 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: 13 June 2017 - Trading as: X-Rite Locations - Legal name: X-RITE LIMITED - Also known as: PANTONE - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Stockport - Registered address: 19 Jessops Riverside, 800 Brightside Lane, Sheffield, England, S9 2RX - Companies House number: 01332574 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01332574) - Website: https://www.xrite.com/about-us/locations - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/x-rite - 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/x-rite-ltd-stockport-754292 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 294 licensed sponsors in Stockport: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/stockport - 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 13 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 3 Oct 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 3 Oct 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. - 30 Sep 2023: Notification of Eas Uk Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 30 Sep 2023. 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 Sep 2023: Cessation of Launchchange Instrumentation Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Sep 2023. 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. - 25 Nov 2020: Director resigned: SMYTH, Michael. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 25 Nov 2020: New director appointed: PREISIG, Antoine. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 1 Oct 2020: Director resigned: WARD, Keith Graham. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 1 Oct 2020: New director appointed: ROTH, Richard Matthew. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 15 Feb 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 15 Feb 2019. 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. - 1 Feb 2019: Cessation of X-Rite, Incorporated as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Feb 2019. 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 Feb 2019: New director appointed: WARD, Keith Graham. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 1 Feb 2019: Secretary resigned: SMYTH, Michael. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Feb 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 Feb 2019: Director resigned: VOIGHT, Ronald William. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 31 Dec 2017: Notification of X-Rite, Incorporated as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 31 Dec 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. 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 X-Rite Ltd. ### Is X-Rite Ltd. a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. X-Rite Ltd. in Stockport 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 X-Rite Ltd. sponsor? X-Rite Ltd. 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 X-Rite Ltd. based? The register lists X-Rite Ltd. at 19 Jessops Riverside, 800 Brightside Lane, Sheffield, England, S9 2RX. 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 01332574. 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/x-rite-ltd-stockport-754292 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/x-rite-ltd-stockport-754292.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.