--- title: "Imerys Minerals Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/imerys-minerals-ltd-st-austell-700984 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 --- # Imerys Minerals Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Imerys Minerals Ltd (Companies House 00269255, St Austell) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: IMERYS MINERALS LIMITED - Also known as: ECC INTERNATIONAL; IMERYS MINERALS TRAVEL; IMERYS SANITARYWARE; IMERYS TABLEWARE; IMERYS TILES MINERALS; SOUTH COAST UK - Industry: Energy, Utilities & Sustainability - Town: St Austell - Registered address: Par Moor Centre, Par Moor Road, Par, Cornwall, PL24 2SQ - Companies House number: 00269255 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00269255) - Website: https://www.imerys.com/united-kingdom - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/imerys/posts/ - 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/imerys-minerals-ltd-st-austell-700984 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 21 licensed sponsors in St Austell: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/st-austell - One of 1,957 in Energy, Utilities & Sustainability: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/energy-utilities-sustainability - 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 36 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 29 Apr 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 29 Apr 2026. 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. - 3 Nov 2025: Director resigned: WANG, Shumin. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 31 Jan 2023: Director resigned: SHOPLAND, Ashley John. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 10 Nov 2022: New director appointed: TOWNSEND, Richard James. Director change recorded on 10 Nov 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. - 30 Jun 2022: Director resigned: BARNARD, Jeremy Keith. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 27 May 2022: New director appointed: HEWSON, Mark David Stuart. Director change recorded on 27 May 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. - 6 Jul 2021: Director resigned: DELACROIX, Guillaume Marie Hubert. Director change recorded on 6 Jul 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 2020: New director appointed: BARNARD, Jeremy Keith. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2020: Director resigned: DE GOUVEIA, Adelino Miguel Marinho. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2020: New director appointed: WELSH, Paul Jason. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 30 Apr 2020: Director resigned: FUCHET, Pierre. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 17 Jan 2020: New director appointed: FUCHET, Pierre. Director change recorded on 17 Jan 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. - 17 Jan 2020: Director resigned: DHAYAL, Narender Kumar. Director change recorded on 17 Jan 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 Aug 2019: Director resigned: ROGERS, Malcolm Francis. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 15 Mar 2019: New director appointed: WANG, Shumin. Director change recorded on 15 Mar 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. - 15 Mar 2019: New director appointed: DELACROIX, Guillaume Marie Hubert. Director change recorded on 15 Mar 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. - 15 Mar 2019: New director appointed: DE GOUVEIA, Adelino Miguel Marinho. Director change recorded on 15 Mar 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. - 15 Mar 2019: Director resigned: CLAPHAM, David John. Director change recorded on 15 Mar 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. - 15 Mar 2019: Director resigned: ROUSSEL, Benoit Pierre Gerard. Director change recorded on 15 Mar 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. - 15 Mar 2019: Director resigned: BOURG, Philippe Guy Pascal. Director change recorded on 15 Mar 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. - 3 Oct 2018: New director appointed: DHAYAL, Narender Kumar. Director change recorded on 3 Oct 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. - 3 Oct 2018: New director appointed: ROUSSEL, Benoit Pierre Gerard. Director change recorded on 3 Oct 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. - 3 Oct 2018: New director appointed: BOURG, Philippe Guy Pascal. Director change recorded on 3 Oct 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. - 3 Oct 2018: Director resigned: BAUDOUIN, Jerome. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 3 Oct 2018: Director resigned: BORNE, Eric Thierry. Director change recorded on 3 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. - + 11 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 Imerys Minerals Ltd ### Is Imerys Minerals Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Imerys Minerals Ltd in St Austell is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Imerys Minerals Ltd sponsor? Imerys Minerals Ltd 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 Imerys Minerals Ltd based? The register lists Imerys Minerals Ltd at Par Moor Centre, Par Moor Road, Par, Cornwall, PL24 2SQ. 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 00269255. 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/imerys-minerals-ltd-st-austell-700984 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/imerys-minerals-ltd-st-austell-700984.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.