--- title: "IHS Africa (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ihs-africa-uk-limited-surrey-772483 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 --- # IHS Africa (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, IHS Africa (UK) Limited (trading as IHS Towers; Companies House 08385732; Surrey) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 15 May 2015 (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; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 15 May 2015 - Trading as: IHS Towers - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Surrey - Registered address: Third Floor One London Square, Cross Lanes, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom, GU1 1UN - Companies House number: 08385732 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08385732) - 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/ihs-africa-uk-limited-surrey-772483 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 333 licensed sponsors in Surrey: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/surrey - One of 15,391 in Technology & Software: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/technology-software - 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 9 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 10 Mar 2023: New director appointed: TROVOADA, Melissa. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 19 Dec 2021: Notification of Ihs Holding Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 17 Aug 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 17 Aug 2020. 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. - 21 Aug 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 21 Aug 2019. 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. - 19 Aug 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Aug 2019. 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. - 27 Jun 2019: Cessation of Ihs Holding Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 27 Jun 2019. 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. - 24 Feb 2017: Director resigned: PHILLIP, Rhys Ap John. Director change recorded on 24 Feb 2017. 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 Feb 2017: New director appointed: HOWDEN, Stephen John. Director change recorded on 24 Feb 2017. 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. - 8 Jul 2016: Notification of Ihs Holding Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 8 Jul 2016. 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. 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 IHS Africa (UK) Limited ### Is IHS Africa (UK) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. IHS Africa (UK) Limited in Surrey is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can IHS Africa (UK) Limited sponsor? IHS Africa (UK) Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is IHS Africa (UK) Limited based? The register lists IHS Africa (UK) Limited at Third Floor One London Square, Cross Lanes, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom, GU1 1UN. 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 08385732. 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/ihs-africa-uk-limited-surrey-772483 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ihs-africa-uk-limited-surrey-772483.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.