--- title: "Identity Holdings Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/identity-holdings-limited-westham-700793 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 --- # Identity Holdings Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Identity Holdings Limited (trading as Identity Global; Companies House 04217845; Westham) 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 25 May 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: 25 May 2021 - Trading as: Identity Global - Legal name: IDENTITY EVENTS MANAGEMENT LIMITED - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Westham - Registered address: 30-34 North Street, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 1DW - Companies House number: 04217845 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04217845) - Website: https://identityglobal.com/contact/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/identityglobal/ - 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/identity-holdings-limited-westham-700793 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 19 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 14 Oct 2024: Director resigned: DODD, Janet Margaret. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 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. - 14 Oct 2024: Director resigned: GIETZEN, Michael Joseph. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 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. - 14 Oct 2024: Director resigned: DUNNELL, Simon Matthew. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 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. - 14 Oct 2024: Director resigned: FITZPATRICK, Paul Kenneth. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 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. - 14 Oct 2024: New director appointed: BHADRESA, Kailesh. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 2024. 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 Oct 2024: New director appointed: SOHPAL, Amarjit Lal. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 2024. 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 Oct 2024: New secretary appointed: PRIOR, Michael John. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Oct 2024. 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. - 12 Sep 2023: Company name changed, now trading as "IDENTITY EVENTS MANAGEMENT LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 12 Sep 2023. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Oct 2022: New director appointed: DUNNELL, Simon Matthew. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 20 Sep 2022: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 20 Sep 2022. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 26 Aug 2022: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 26 Aug 2022. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 23 Aug 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 23 Aug 2022. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 2 Jun 2021: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 2 Jun 2021, 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. - 28 May 2021: Notification of Identity Global Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 28 May 2021. 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. - 28 May 2021: Cessation of Mr Michael Joseph Gietzen as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 28 May 2021. 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. - 28 May 2021: Director resigned: GIETZEN, Janet. Director change recorded on 28 May 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. - 28 May 2021: Director resigned: GIETZEN, Paul Joseph. Director change recorded on 28 May 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. - 28 May 2021: Director resigned: GIETZEN, Robert Paul. Director change recorded on 28 May 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. - 26 May 2021: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 26 May 2021, 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. 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 Identity Holdings Limited ### Is Identity Holdings Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Identity Holdings Limited in Westham 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 Identity Holdings Limited sponsor? Identity Holdings Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Identity Holdings Limited based? The register lists Identity Holdings Limited at 30-34 North Street, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 1DW. 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 04217845. 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/identity-holdings-limited-westham-700793 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/identity-holdings-limited-westham-700793.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.