--- title: "Circus Ginnett: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/circus-ginnett-tilney-st-lawrance-805171 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 --- # Circus Ginnett: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Circus Ginnett (Companies House 02438339, Tilney St Lawrance) 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 17 December 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: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker - First seen on the register: 17 December 2015 - Legal name: CIRCUS GINNETT LIMITED - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Tilney St Lawrance - Registered address: B3 Kingfisher House Kingsway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, England, NE11 0JQ - Companies House number: 02438339 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02438339) - Website: https://www.circusginnett.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/circus-ginnett-tilney-st-lawrance-805171 ## Where this sponsor sits - 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 7 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 13 Apr 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 13 Apr 2026. 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. - 22 Oct 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 22 Oct 2025. 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. - 26 Jan 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 26 Jan 2022. 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. - 11 Nov 2020: Secretary resigned: AUSTIN, Liza. Company secretary change recorded on 11 Nov 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. - 6 Apr 2017: Notification of Mr Patrick Austin as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2017. 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. - 13 Jul 2016: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 13 Jul 2016. 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. - 11 Jul 2016: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 11 Jul 2016. 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 Circus Ginnett ### Is Circus Ginnett a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Circus Ginnett in Tilney St Lawrance 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 Circus Ginnett sponsor? Circus Ginnett is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Circus Ginnett based? The register lists Circus Ginnett at B3 Kingfisher House Kingsway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, England, NE11 0JQ. 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 02438339. 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/circus-ginnett-tilney-st-lawrance-805171 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/circus-ginnett-tilney-st-lawrance-805171.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.