--- title: "Great Britain China Centre: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/great-britain-china-centre-london-714015 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 --- # Great Britain China Centre: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Great Britain China Centre (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 23 May 2016 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 23 May 2016 - Industry: Education - Town: London - Companies House number: 01196043 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01196043) - Website: https://www.gbcc.org.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/great-britain-china-centre/ - 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/great-britain-china-centre-london-714015 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 35 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 30 Nov 2025: Director resigned: KEARNS, Alicia. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 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. - 9 Oct 2025: Director resigned: PITTAM, Andrew Thomas. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 24 Apr 2025: Director resigned: DAVIDSON, Martin Stuart. Director change recorded on 24 Apr 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. - 22 Jul 2024: Director resigned: GWYNNE, Andrew John. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 25 Apr 2024: Director resigned: GRAHAM, Luke Patrick. Director change recorded on 25 Apr 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. - 20 Sep 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 Sep 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. - 25 Aug 2022: Director resigned: LI, Charles Quan, Dr. Director change recorded on 25 Aug 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. - 23 Jun 2022: New director appointed: KEARNS, Alicia. Director change recorded on 23 Jun 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. - 7 Oct 2021: New director appointed: PITTAM, Andrew Thomas. Director change recorded on 7 Oct 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. - 7 Oct 2021: New director appointed: GRAHAM, Luke Patrick. Director change recorded on 7 Oct 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. - 7 Oct 2021: Director resigned: AINLEY, Rupert Joe Fairfax. Director change recorded on 7 Oct 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. - 24 Jun 2021: Director resigned: HASWELL, Charles Chetwynd Douglas. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2021: Director resigned: GODWIN, William George Henry. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2021: Director resigned: HOWELL, Jude, Professor. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 8 Oct 2020: New director appointed: GWYNNE, Andrew John. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 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. - 7 Sep 2020: Director resigned: BYRNE, Liam. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2020: Director resigned: THOMAS, Nicholas Robert. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 27 Apr 2020: New director appointed: AINLEY, Rupert Joe Fairfax. Director change recorded on 27 Apr 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. - 27 Apr 2020: Director resigned: PINFIELD, Alexander Giles. Director change recorded on 27 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2020: Director resigned: PRENTIS, Victoria Mary Boswell. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 25 Apr 2019: New director appointed: LI, Charles Quan, Dr. Director change recorded on 25 Apr 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. - 25 Apr 2019: Director resigned: FITZGIBBON, Christopher Paul Julian. Director change recorded on 25 Apr 2019. 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. - 7 Feb 2019: New director appointed: THOMAS, Nicholas Robert. Director change recorded on 7 Feb 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. - 14 Sep 2018: Director resigned: ELLIOT, Caroline Margaret. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Jun 2018: New director appointed: HASWELL, Charles Chetwynd Douglas. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 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. - + 10 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 Great Britain China Centre ### Is Great Britain China Centre a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Great Britain China Centre in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Great Britain China Centre sponsor? Great Britain China Centre is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Great Britain China Centre based? The register lists Great Britain China Centre at London. 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. 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/great-britain-china-centre-london-714015 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/great-britain-china-centre-london-714015.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.