TLUK licensed sponsor · Spennymoor, Co Durham · Manufacturing and engineering
Thorn Lighting Ltd
Thorn Lighting Ltd, Spennymoor, Co Durham, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Thorn Lighting Limited (00263866), active, incorporated in 1932 (94 years ago), registered for manufacture of electric lighting equipment.
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Companies House
Who Thorn Lighting Ltd actually is
- Company number
- 00263866
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 March 1932 · 94 years old
- What they do
27400Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
- Previously
- Thorn Emi Lighting Limited (until 1987)
Thorn Lighting Limited (until 1982) - Registered office
- 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 7EU
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 9 September 2026.
What a licence means
Licensed, checked, on the list
The Home Office lists Thorn Lighting Ltd because it applied, was checked and continues to meet its sponsor duties. Whether a given job qualifies still depends on the role and the pay under the current rules.
How to approach them
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The register
The register lists Thorn Lighting Ltd in Spennymoor, Co Durham as a licensed sponsor on Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee and Skilled Worker, 3 routes in all, and has done since at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating), Temporary Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is Thorn Lighting Limited (company number 00263866), a private limited company incorporated in 1932, 94 years ago. The registered office is at 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 7EU, W1U 7EU. By its SIC codes the business is in manufacturing and engineering. It has traded under other names before, including Thorn Emi Lighting Limited, Thorn Lighting Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Thorn Lighting Ltd the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.
Nearby
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- A-tech Fabrications LimitedNewton Aycliffe
- The Village NewsDurham
- Go Geothermal LtdNewton Aycliffe
- Darlington Cricket & Athletic ClubDarlington
- Fishburn Convenience Store LtdFerryhill
For candidates
What you need to work here
- A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
- A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
- A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.
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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.
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