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Whitelegg Machines Ltd

Herne Bay · Currently licensed

Whitelegg Machines Ltd holds a Home Office sponsor licence and appears on the register of licensed sponsors published 27 Oct 2026. It can sponsor overseas nationals for the Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa), and its A rating means it can assign Certificates of Sponsorship normally.

First seen on register: 22 Jun 2023
Last confirmed: 27 Oct 2026 (latest edition)

Visa routes this sponsor is licensed for

Route	Visa it allows the sponsor to support	Rating	Since
Skilled Worker Worker	Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa) The main UK work visa. Lets the sponsor employ overseas nationals in eligible skilled jobs, from nurses and care workers to engineers, chefs and software developers, for up to 5 years at a time, with a route to settlement.	A rating	22 Jun 2023

Ratings: Full compliance. The sponsor can assign Certificates of Sponsorship and recruit from overseas normally. Downgraded after compliance concerns. The sponsor is on a time-limited action plan with the Home Office and cannot sponsor new workers until it is restored to an A rating. Failure to complete the plan leads to revocation. More.

Licence history

22 Jun 2023
Added to register
First appeared on the register of licensed sponsors.

Companies House

Companies House records this company as Liquidation. A dissolved company cannot employ anyone, so a licence still listed against it is either lagging the register or held by a successor entity. Verify before relying on it.

Company: WHITELEGG MACHINES LIMITED 00894034 name match
Status: Liquidation
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 14 Dec 1966
Registered office: 82 ST JOHN STREET, LONDON, EC1M 4JN
Nature of business: 28410 - Manufacture of metal forming machinery
46140 - Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft

Matched from the Companies House monthly bulk data by company name. The sponsor register itself carries no company number.

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