Not on the register
Was licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from Carrickfergus, according to the Home Office register.
Spectrum Machine Tools Ltd is a private limited company (Companies House number NI649175), incorporated in November 2017, with its registered office in Carrickfergus. Companies House lists its business as wholesale of machine tools. It is no longer on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors; it was removed in January 2026.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 20 Jan 2026.
Company status and filing deadlines change, so we don’t show an old copy. Check them live with Companies House.
Not at the moment. Spectrum Machine Tools Ltd is no longer on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, so it cannot assign new certificates of sponsorship.
No. Its sponsor licence is not active on the Home Office register.
Spectrum Machine Tools Ltd is registered with Companies House under company number NI649175, with its registered office in Carrickfergus.
The register lists Spectrum Machine Tools Ltd with a Worker (A rating) rating.
Spectrum Machine Tools Ltd is classified under Wholesale of machine tools.
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On the register by January 2023, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. 1 change since then, newest first.
We have no copy of the register between June 2024 and January 2025, so changes in that time show as a range.
Built by comparing copies of the Home Office register: worksponsors/data-process daily copies (from January 2023); our own daily register sync.
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It is no longer on the Home Office register (removed 21 Jan 2026), so it can’t sponsor anyone.
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