--- title: "AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd.: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/agc-chemicals-europe-ltd-thornton-cleveleys-790742 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd.: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd. (trading as AGCCE; Companies House 03825057; Thornton Cleveleys) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 30 December 2020 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 30 December 2020 - Trading as: AGCCE - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Thornton Cleveleys - Registered address: Hillhouse International, Fleetwood Road North, Thornton-Cleveleys, England, FY5 4QD - Companies House number: 03825057 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03825057) - Website: https://www.agcce.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agc-chemicals-europe - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/agc-chemicals-europe-ltd-thornton-cleveleys-790742 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 19 licensed sponsors in Thornton-Cleveleys: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/thornton-cleveleys - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 23 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 2 Jul 2026: Director resigned: MORI, Nobuaki. Director change recorded on 2 Jul 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 2 Jul 2026: New director appointed: DOWNES, Robert. Director change recorded on 2 Jul 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Mar 2026: New director appointed: NISHIYAMA, Daisuke. Director change recorded on 19 Mar 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Mar 2026: New director appointed: ISHIZEKI, Kenji. Director change recorded on 19 Mar 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Feb 2026: Director resigned: TAGASHIRA, Osamu. Director change recorded on 19 Feb 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Feb 2026: New director appointed: SUWABE, Koji. Director change recorded on 19 Feb 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 Oct 2025: Director resigned: MORI, Keisuke. Director change recorded on 22 Oct 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 Oct 2025: New director appointed: IWATA, Hideki. Director change recorded on 22 Oct 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 30 Apr 2025: Director resigned: DAVIS, Paul Desmond. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 28 Mar 2025: New director appointed: NAGAI, Takashi. Director change recorded on 28 Mar 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 27 Mar 2025: Director resigned: NISHIYAMA, Daisuke. Director change recorded on 27 Mar 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 16 Jan 2025: New director appointed: AYANOKOJI, Aritake. Director change recorded on 16 Jan 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 20 Dec 2024: Director resigned: FUJIMOTO, Daisuke. Director change recorded on 20 Dec 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Jan 2023: New director appointed: TAGASHIRA, Osamu. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 2023. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Jan 2023: Director resigned: INOUE, Jiro. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 15 Dec 2022: New director appointed: MORI, Keisuke. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 2022. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 15 Dec 2022: Director resigned: SUMI, Yoshiteru. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 2022. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 4 Oct 2022: New director appointed: MORI, Nobuaki. Director change recorded on 4 Oct 2022. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 4 Oct 2022: Director resigned: MORI, Hiroo. Director change recorded on 4 Oct 2022. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Dec 2021: New director appointed: INOUE, Jiro. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 2021. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Dec 2021: Director resigned: ONO, Hiroaki. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 2021. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 28 Feb 2021: New director appointed: NISHIYAMA, Daisuke. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2021. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 28 Feb 2021: Director resigned: MOMII, Tatsuo. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2021. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd. ### Is AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd. a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd. in Thornton Cleveleys is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd. sponsor? AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd. is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd. based? The register lists AGC Chemicals Europe, Ltd. at Hillhouse International, Fleetwood Road North, Thornton-Cleveleys, England, FY5 4QD. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 03825057. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. 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