WLUK licensed sponsor · Ashton-under-lyne, Lancashire · Manufacturing and engineering
Whitecroft Lighting Limited
Whitecroft Lighting Limited, Ashton-under-lyne, Lancashire, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Whitecroft Lighting Limited (03848973), active, incorporated in 1999 (27 years ago), registered for manufacture of electric lighting equipment.
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Companies House
Who Whitecroft Lighting Limited actually is
- Company number
- 03848973
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 September 1999 · 27 years old
- What they do
27400Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
- Previously
- Crestmet Limited (until 2000)
- Registered office
- Burlington Street, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, OL7 0AX
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 10 September 2026.
The register
Whitecroft Lighting Limited is licensed to sponsor on Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its entry on the register dates back to at least 2026, and the organisation is based in Ashton-under-lyne, Lancashire. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Whitecroft Lighting Limited, number 03848973, incorporated 1999: 27 years of filings behind the name. Registered office: Burlington Street, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, OL7 0AX, OL7 0AX. By its SIC codes the business is in manufacturing and engineering. It has traded under other names before, including Crestmet Limited.
For a candidate this means one less obstacle: Whitecroft Lighting Limited already has the licence most employers would have to apply for. The rest is the ordinary job of getting the interview.
In their own words
What Whitecroft Lighting does
Whitecroft Lighting is one of the UK’s largest commercial lighting manufacturers. Whitecroft Lighting is one of the UK’s largest commercial lighting manufacturers.
From whitecroftlighting.com, the company's own site, read October 2026. Their words, not ours.
Read the register
A gate, not a guarantee
The register tells you the gate is there. It says nothing about vacancies. For that, Whitecroft Lighting Limited's own careers page and the job boards are the source, and they change with the season.
How to approach them
Make the certificate easy
The employer assigns the certificate; you supply what it needs. Certificates, references, your English level and a clear licence position, all ready, is what makes Whitecroft Lighting Limited say yes to the sponsored candidate over the unsponsored one.
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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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Want to work for Whitecroft Lighting Limited, or somewhere like it?
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For employers
Using your sponsor licence again soon?
Next time you are recruiting, talk to us first. We supply trade tested drivers, mechanics, welders and fitters, can organise a trip to see candidates tested at our centres, and handle the Certificate of Sponsorship paperwork with you.
- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Trade tested before you see them, not after.
- Nothing is ever charged to the candidate.
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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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