--- title: "Britannia Refined Metals Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/britannia-refined-metals-limited-northfleet-744230 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 --- # Britannia Refined Metals Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Britannia Refined Metals Limited (trading as Glencore; Companies House 00252455; Northfleet) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: Glencore - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Northfleet - Registered address: Botany Road, Northfleet, Kent, DA11 9BG - Companies House number: 00252455 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00252455) - Website: https://www.glencore.com - 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/britannia-refined-metals-limited-northfleet-744230 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 24 licensed sponsors in Northfleet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/northfleet - 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 25 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 24 Feb 2026: Director resigned: VON STEINKELLER, Florian Jurgen Bogislaw. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 1 Jul 2025: Director resigned: WILLIAMS, Tobias Damodara Dasa. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 1 Jul 2025: New director appointed: WILSON, Neil Andrew. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 18 Aug 2022: Director resigned: NAVALPOTRO, Carlos. Director change recorded on 18 Aug 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. - 10 Mar 2022: New director appointed: HERNANDEZ ARNANZ, Miguel Angel. Director change recorded on 10 Mar 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. - 20 Dec 2021: Notification of Glencore Plc as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 20 Dec 2021. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 20 Dec 2021: Cessation of Glencore Uk Ltd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Dec 2021. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 15 Nov 2021: Notification of Glencore Uk Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 15 Nov 2021. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 15 Nov 2021: Cessation of Xstrata Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Nov 2021. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Nov 2021: New director appointed: WILLIAMS, Tobias Damodara Dasa. Director change recorded on 12 Nov 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. - 27 Sep 2021: Director resigned: HENDERSON, Jeffrey William. Director change recorded on 27 Sep 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. - 1 Jun 2020: New secretary appointed: PIGOTT, Martin James. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jun 2020. 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. - 31 May 2020: Director resigned: GILROY, Howard Stephen. Director change recorded on 31 May 2020. 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. - 30 Jun 2018: Director resigned: TAYLOR, Matthew. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 2018. 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. - 31 Jan 2018: New director appointed: NAVALPOTRO, Carlos. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 2018. 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. - 31 Jan 2018: New director appointed: HENDERSON, Jeffrey William. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 2018. 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. - 31 Jan 2018: Director resigned: SUAREZ, Fernando. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 2018. 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. - 31 Jan 2018: Director resigned: ROMERO FERNANDEZ, Manuel. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 2018. 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. - 17 Nov 2016: Notification of Xstrata Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 17 Nov 2016. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 17 Nov 2016: Cessation of Mount Isa Holdings (Uk) Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 17 Nov 2016. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Mount Isa Holdings (Uk) Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 1 Oct 2015: Director resigned: TEMBOURY, Javier. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 2015. 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 Oct 2015: New director appointed: CARSON, Anna. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 2015. 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. - 18 Mar 2014: Director resigned: CRAVEN, Graeme. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 2014. 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. - 18 Mar 2014: New director appointed: CONSTANT, Carole Anne. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 2014. 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. 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 Britannia Refined Metals Limited ### Is Britannia Refined Metals Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Britannia Refined Metals Limited in Northfleet is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Britannia Refined Metals Limited sponsor? Britannia Refined Metals Limited 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 Britannia Refined Metals Limited based? The register lists Britannia Refined Metals Limited at Botany Road, Northfleet, Kent, DA11 9BG. 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 00252455. 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. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/britannia-refined-metals-limited-northfleet-744230 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/britannia-refined-metals-limited-northfleet-744230.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.