--- title: "Gymshark Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/gymshark-ltd-solihull-786841 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 --- # Gymshark Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Gymshark Ltd (Companies House 08130873, Solihull) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Scale-up and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 18 October 2018 (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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Scale-up; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 18 October 2018 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Solihull - Registered address: G.S.H.Q. Blythe Valley Park, 3 Central Boulevard, Solihull, United Kingdom, B90 8AB - Companies House number: 08130873 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08130873) - Website: https://www.gymshark.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gymshark/ - 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/gymshark-ltd-solihull-786841 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 239 licensed sponsors in Solihull: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/solihull - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 14 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Jul 2025: Notification of Gymshark Group Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 31 Jul 2025: Cessation of Gymshark Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 1 Feb 2025: New director appointed: SANDERS, Richard Elliot Burgess. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 19 Nov 2024: Director resigned: DUNN, Mathew James. Director change recorded on 19 Nov 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. - 22 Jun 2023: Director resigned: CHANA, Niran. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 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. - 1 Apr 2023: New director appointed: MCELHINNEY, Noel Anthony. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 9 Jan 2023: New director appointed: DUNN, Mathew James. Director change recorded on 9 Jan 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. - 31 Dec 2022: Director resigned: DAW, Philip. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 1 Aug 2022: New director appointed: CHANA, Niran. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 31 Jul 2022: Director resigned: HEWITT, Steven Gerard. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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: RICHARDSON, Paul Stephen. 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. - 19 Oct 2020: New secretary appointed: REED, Christopher Ian. Company secretary change recorded on 19 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. - 1 Apr 2019: New director appointed: DAW, Philip. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 29 Oct 2018: Director resigned: CHAPPLE, Richard David Mark. Director change recorded on 29 Oct 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. 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 Gymshark Ltd ### Is Gymshark Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Gymshark Ltd in Solihull is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Gymshark Ltd sponsor? Gymshark Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Scale-up and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Gymshark Ltd based? The register lists Gymshark Ltd at G.S.H.Q. Blythe Valley Park, 3 Central Boulevard, Solihull, United Kingdom, B90 8AB. 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 08130873. 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/gymshark-ltd-solihull-786841 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/gymshark-ltd-solihull-786841.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.