--- title: "Champions (UK) PLC: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/champions-uk-plc-loughborough-757501 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 --- # Champions (UK) PLC: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Champions (UK) PLC (Companies House 04247448, Loughborough) 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 25 February 2015 (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: 25 February 2015 - Industry: Financial Services - Town: Loughborough - Registered address: Barrington House Leake Road, Costock, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 6XA - Companies House number: 04247448 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04247448) - Website: https://championsukplc.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/champions-uk-plc-loughborough-757501 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 123 licensed sponsors in Loughborough: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/loughborough - One of 7,429 in Financial Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/financial-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 16 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 31 May 2022: Cessation of Champions (Uk) Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 May 2022. 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. - 1 Oct 2021: Notification of Champions Group Holdings Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 10 Jul 2020: Director resigned: TABABA, Amad Wanes Imhmiad. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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 2020: Director resigned: HALL, Steven James. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2020: Cessation of Mrs Donna Roxanne Hayes as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 2 Mar 2020: Director resigned: HAYES, Donna Roxanne. Director change recorded on 2 Mar 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. - 3 Oct 2019: New secretary appointed: HAYES, Matthew John. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Oct 2019. 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. - 2 Jan 2019: New director appointed: HALL, Steven James. Director change recorded on 2 Jan 2019. 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. - 7 Dec 2018: New director appointed: TABABA, Amad Wanes Imhmiad. Director change recorded on 7 Dec 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. - 29 Nov 2018: New director appointed: HAYES, Louisa Jayne. Director change recorded on 29 Nov 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. - 2 Oct 2017: New director appointed: SIMMS, David. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 2017. 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 Jun 2017: New director appointed: HAYES, Jack Joshua. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 2017. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Champions (Uk) Holdings 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mrs Donna Roxanne Hayes. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 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. - 13 Apr 2015: New director appointed: FARTHING, Roxanna Jade. Director change recorded on 13 Apr 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. - 13 Apr 2015: New director appointed: REED, Sophia Rose. Director change recorded on 13 Apr 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. 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 Champions (UK) PLC ### Is Champions (UK) PLC a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Champions (UK) PLC in Loughborough is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Champions (UK) PLC sponsor? Champions (UK) PLC is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Champions (UK) PLC based? The register lists Champions (UK) PLC at Barrington House Leake Road, Costock, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 6XA. 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 04247448. 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/champions-uk-plc-loughborough-757501 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/champions-uk-plc-loughborough-757501.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.