--- title: "Ceres Energy Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ceres-energy-ltd-hexham-761502 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 --- # Ceres Energy Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Ceres Energy Ltd (Companies House 06490828, Hexham) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 21 January 2019 (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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 21 January 2019 - Legal name: CERES ENERGY LIMITED - Industry: Energy, Utilities & Sustainability - Town: Hexham - Registered address: The Old Grammar School, Hallgate, Hexham, England, NE46 1XD - Companies House number: 06490828 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06490828) - Website: https://ceresenergy.co.uk - 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/ceres-energy-ltd-hexham-761502 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 27 licensed sponsors in Hexham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hexham - One of 1,957 in Energy, Utilities & Sustainability: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/energy-utilities-sustainability - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 19 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 18 Sep 2026: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 18 Sep 2026. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 2 Sep 2025: Notification of Ceres Energy Trustee Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 2 Sep 2025. 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. - 2 Sep 2025: Director resigned: HARPER, Richard. Director change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 2 Sep 2025: Director resigned: JOSHI, Jaswant Rai. Director change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 6 Feb 2025: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 6 Feb 2025. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 6 Dec 2024: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Dec 2024. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 7 Nov 2024: New director appointed: HURREN, David Andrew. Director change recorded on 7 Nov 2024. 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. - 5 Nov 2024: New director appointed: JOSHI, Jaswant Rai. Director change recorded on 5 Nov 2024. 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. - 23 Sep 2024: New director appointed: HARPER, Richard. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 2024. 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 Apr 2024: Secretary resigned: EDWARDS, Helen Mary. Company secretary change recorded on 19 Apr 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. - 30 Apr 2023: Director resigned: HARPER, Richard. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 30 Apr 2023: Director resigned: HARPER, Jean Alison. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 4 Oct 2022: New director appointed: BUTTERS, Rosanna Marie. 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. - 13 Aug 2020: New director appointed: CRAIG, Mary Agnes Ballingall. Director change recorded on 13 Aug 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. - 28 Jul 2020: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 28 Jul 2020. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 27 Jul 2020: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 27 Jul 2020. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 10 Jul 2020: Cessation of Mr Richard Harper as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 Jul 2020. 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. - 10 Jul 2020: New director appointed: HUNTER, Graeme John. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 15 Feb 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 15 Feb 2019. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, 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 Ceres Energy Ltd ### Is Ceres Energy Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ceres Energy Ltd in Hexham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Ceres Energy Ltd sponsor? Ceres Energy Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Ceres Energy Ltd based? The register lists Ceres Energy Ltd at The Old Grammar School, Hallgate, Hexham, England, NE46 1XD. 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 06490828. 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/ceres-energy-ltd-hexham-761502 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ceres-energy-ltd-hexham-761502.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.