--- title: "First Subsea Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/first-subsea-limited-lancaster-720175 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 --- # First Subsea Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, First Subsea Limited (Companies House 02894198, Lancaster) 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 3 February 2023 (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: 3 February 2023 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Lancaster - Registered address: Engineering House, Lune Industrial Estate, Newquay Road, Lancaster, LA1 5QP - Companies House number: 02894198 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02894198) - Website: http://www.firstsubsea.com - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/first-subsea/ - 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/first-subsea-limited-lancaster-720175 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 80 licensed sponsors in Lancaster: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/lancaster - 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 5 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 3 Jun 2026: New director appointed: BARNETT, Jonathan Paul. Director change recorded on 3 Jun 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: SHAW, John Stuart. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 4 Oct 2025: Notification of First Tech Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 4 Oct 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. - 4 Oct 2025: Cessation of Mr Ian Alexander Suttie as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 4 Oct 2025. 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. - 4 Oct 2025: Director resigned: SUTTIE, Ian Alexander, Mr.. Director change recorded on 4 Oct 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. 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 First Subsea Limited ### Is First Subsea Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. First Subsea Limited in Lancaster is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can First Subsea Limited sponsor? First Subsea Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is First Subsea Limited based? The register lists First Subsea Limited at Engineering House, Lune Industrial Estate, Newquay Road, Lancaster, LA1 5QP. 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 02894198. 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/first-subsea-limited-lancaster-720175 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/first-subsea-limited-lancaster-720175.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.