--- title: "First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited (T/A Avanti West Coast): UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/first-trenitalia-west-coast-rail-limited-t-a-avanti-west-coast-london-692119 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-02 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited (T/A Avanti West Coast): UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited (T/A Avanti West Coast) (Companies House 10349442, London) 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 15 February 2021 (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: 15 February 2021 - Legal name: FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITED - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: London - Registered address: 8th Floor The Point, 37 North Wharf Road, London, United Kingdom, W2 1AF - Companies House number: 10349442 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10349442) - Website: https://www.firstgroupplc.com - Register data as of: 2 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/first-trenitalia-west-coast-rail-limited-t-a-avanti-west-coast-london-692119 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 6,274 in Travel, Transport & Mobility: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/travel-transport-mobility - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 21 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 3 May 2026: Director resigned: STATHAM, David Ira. Director change recorded on 3 May 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. - 3 May 2026: New director appointed: CASWELL, Benjamin John, Dr. Director change recorded on 3 May 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. - 30 Sep 2025: Director resigned: COLLINS, Elizabeth Anne. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 30 Jun 2025: Director resigned: FORSTER, Craig Joseph. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 30 Jun 2025: New director appointed: JAMES, Carolann. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 2025. 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. - 14 Feb 2025: Secretary resigned: SALTER, Barbara Mary. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Feb 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. - 15 May 2024: Director resigned: MONTGOMERY, Stephen Henry. Director change recorded on 15 May 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. - 4 Aug 2023: Director resigned: CLANCY, Hugh Patrick. Director change recorded on 4 Aug 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. - 12 Jun 2023: New director appointed: STATHAM, David Ira. Director change recorded on 12 Jun 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 Mar 2023: New director appointed: MELLORS, Andrew John. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 3 Oct 2022: Director resigned: TAYLOR, Robert William. Director change recorded on 3 Oct 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. - 3 Oct 2022: New director appointed: TONINI, Bernardo. Director change recorded on 3 Oct 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. - 5 Sep 2022: New director appointed: FORSTER, Craig Joseph. Director change recorded on 5 Sep 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. - 5 Sep 2022: Director resigned: WHITTINGHAM, Philip. Director change recorded on 5 Sep 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. - 25 Jul 2022: New director appointed: GAIGER, Shamit Weinberger. Director change recorded on 25 Jul 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. - 10 Jun 2022: Director resigned: POWER, Elizabeth Mary. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 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. - 31 Mar 2022: Director resigned: DONALDSON, Caroline Ann. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 12 Oct 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 12 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 Jun 2021: New director appointed: COLLINS, Elizabeth Anne. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 31 Mar 2021: New director appointed: TAYLOR, Robert William. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2021: Director resigned: BOWLEY, Richard John. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2021. 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 Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited (T/A Avanti West Coast) ### Is First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited (T/A Avanti West Coast) a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited (T/A Avanti West Coast) in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited (T/A Avanti West Coast) sponsor? First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited (T/A Avanti West Coast) is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited (T/A Avanti West Coast) based? The register lists First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited (T/A Avanti West Coast) at 8th Floor The Point, 37 North Wharf Road, London, United Kingdom, W2 1AF. 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 2 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 10349442. 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-trenitalia-west-coast-rail-limited-t-a-avanti-west-coast-london-692119 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/first-trenitalia-west-coast-rail-limited-t-a-avanti-west-coast-london-692119.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.