--- title: "Dunlop International Europe Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dunlop-international-europe-limited-leatherhead-686655 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 --- # Dunlop International Europe Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Dunlop International Europe Limited (Companies House 00776384, Leatherhead) 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 1 September 2017 (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: 1 September 2017 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Leatherhead - Registered address: Thorncroft Manor, Thorncroft Drive, Leatherhead, England, KT22 8JB - Companies House number: 00776384 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00776384) - Website: https://dunlopsports.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dunlopsports - 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/dunlop-international-europe-limited-leatherhead-686655 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 94 licensed sponsors in Leatherhead: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leatherhead - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 17 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Jan 2026: New director appointed: TAKAYASU, Katsuya. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 2026. 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. - 22 Mar 2023: Director resigned: ASAHINO, Masahiro. Director change recorded on 22 Mar 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. - 22 Mar 2023: New director appointed: YATA, Shoya. Director change recorded on 22 Mar 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. - 22 Mar 2023: New director appointed: GALSWORTHY PALMER, Julian. Director change recorded on 22 Mar 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. - 2 Mar 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 2 Mar 2023. 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 Oct 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 26 Oct 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. - 1 Jan 2021: New director appointed: OKADA, Keiji. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 22 Dec 2020: Secretary resigned: IZAWA, Seiichi. Company secretary change recorded on 22 Dec 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. - 22 Dec 2020: Director resigned: WATANABE, Yasuo. Director change recorded on 22 Dec 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. - 22 Dec 2020: New secretary appointed: DOKO, Yasutaka. Company secretary change recorded on 22 Dec 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. - 1 Jul 2019: Notification of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Jul 2019. 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 Jul 2019: Cessation of Dunlop International Group Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jul 2019. 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. - 17 Jun 2019: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 17 Jun 2019, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 20 Mar 2018: New secretary appointed: IZAWA, Seiichi. Company secretary change recorded on 20 Mar 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. - 20 Mar 2018: Secretary resigned: SHIMIZU, Tetsuo. Company secretary change recorded on 20 Mar 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. - 20 Mar 2018: Director resigned: INABETSU, Takuya. Director change recorded on 20 Mar 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. - 20 Mar 2018: New director appointed: DOKO, Yasutaka. Director change recorded on 20 Mar 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. 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 Dunlop International Europe Limited ### Is Dunlop International Europe Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Dunlop International Europe Limited in Leatherhead is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Dunlop International Europe Limited sponsor? Dunlop International Europe Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Dunlop International Europe Limited based? The register lists Dunlop International Europe Limited at Thorncroft Manor, Thorncroft Drive, Leatherhead, England, KT22 8JB. 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 00776384. 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/dunlop-international-europe-limited-leatherhead-686655 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dunlop-international-europe-limited-leatherhead-686655.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.