Licensed sponsor
Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route and 1 other from Ashton Under Lyne, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageIt is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker (A rating) and Charity Worker (A rating) routes. It has been on the register since March 2024.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 22 Oct 2026.
On the register since March 2024, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. No changes to its licence since then.
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 daily copies of the Home Office register from January 2023.
Yes. West African Development is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and Charity Worker routes.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker and Charity Worker routes. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists West African Development for 2 routes: Skilled Worker (A rating) and Charity Worker (A rating).
West African Development has been on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors since March 2024, the first copy of the register that lists it.
The register gives a rating for each route: Skilled Worker (A rating) and Charity Worker (A rating).
Companies House has no industry classification on file for West African Development.
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26 other licensed sponsors in Ashton-Under-Lyne hold a Skilled Worker licence too. West African Development's industry codes are too general to compare on.