--- title: "Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cheek-by-jowl-theatre-company-limited-london-682728 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 --- # Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company Limited (Companies House SC078954, London) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Creative Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 15 December 2014 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker - First seen on the register: 15 December 2014 - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: London - Registered address: Suite 2, Ground Floor Orchard Brae House, 30 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH4 2HS - Companies House number: SC078954 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC078954) - Website: https://www.cheekbyjowl.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/cheek-by-jowl-theatre-company-limited-london-682728 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 29 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 11 Jan 2026: Director resigned: GRIFFITHS, Catrin Mererid. Director change recorded on 11 Jan 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. - 25 Jul 2024: Director resigned: PABARI, Sameer. Director change recorded on 25 Jul 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. - 31 Jan 2024: Director resigned: STOLTZFUS, Philip Sorg. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 5 Jan 2024: Director resigned: O'BRIEN, Clare Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 5 Jan 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. - 10 May 2023: Secretary resigned: O' FLAHERTY, Niamh. Company secretary change recorded on 10 May 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. - 10 May 2023: New secretary appointed: COLLETT, Harrison Jack. Company secretary change recorded on 10 May 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. - 20 May 2022: Director resigned: BYRNE, Elisabeth Lucy. Director change recorded on 20 May 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. - 16 Apr 2022: New person with significant control: Ms Emma Stenning. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Apr 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. - 16 Apr 2022: New director appointed: STENNING, Emma. Director change recorded on 16 Apr 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 Apr 2022: Cessation of Mrs Elisabeth Lucy Byrne as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Apr 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. - 2 Aug 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 2 Aug 2021. 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. - 6 Jul 2021: New director appointed: GRIFFITHS, Catrin Mererid. Director change recorded on 6 Jul 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. - 6 Jul 2021: New director appointed: CHOWDHURY, Ajay. Director change recorded on 6 Jul 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. - 12 Oct 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 12 Oct 2020. 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. - 19 Mar 2019: New secretary appointed: O' FLAHERTY, Niamh. Company secretary change recorded on 19 Mar 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. - 6 Nov 2018: Director resigned: STENNING, Emma. Director change recorded on 6 Nov 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. - 28 Sep 2018: Secretary resigned: LANG, Eleanor. Company secretary change recorded on 28 Sep 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. - 28 Aug 2018: New director appointed: NINEHAM, Robert Hugh. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 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. - 6 Dec 2017: Director resigned: HINDELL, Alison Helen. Director change recorded on 6 Dec 2017. 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. - 5 Dec 2017: New person with significant control: Mrs Elisabeth Lucy Byrne. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 Dec 2017. 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. - 23 Jan 2017: New director appointed: STOLTZFUS, Philip Sorg. Director change recorded on 23 Jan 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. - 23 Jan 2017: New director appointed: BYRNE, Elisabeth Lucy. Director change recorded on 23 Jan 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. - 16 Nov 2016: Director resigned: SCOTT MONCRIEFF, John Kenneth. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 2016. 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. - 27 Jun 2016: Director resigned: THOROLD, Nicola Anne. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 2016. 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 May 2016: Director resigned: REID, Jane Gorse. Director change recorded on 31 May 2016. 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 earlier changes on the web page 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 Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company Limited ### Is Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company Limited sponsor? Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company Limited is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company Limited based? The register lists Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company Limited at Suite 2, Ground Floor Orchard Brae House, 30 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH4 2HS. 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 SC078954. 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/cheek-by-jowl-theatre-company-limited-london-682728 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cheek-by-jowl-theatre-company-limited-london-682728.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.