--- title: "Imperial Tobacco Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/imperial-tobacco-ltd-bristol-701119 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 --- # Imperial Tobacco Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Imperial Tobacco Ltd (Companies House 01860181, Bristol) 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: IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Bristol - Registered address: 121 Winterstoke Road, Bristol, England, BS3 2LL - Companies House number: 01860181 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01860181) - Website: https://www.imperialbrandsplc.com/ - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/imperial-brands-plc - 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/imperial-tobacco-ltd-bristol-701119 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,293 licensed sponsors in Bristol: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bristol - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - 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 28 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 26 Feb 2026: Director resigned: PARAVICINI, Lukas Jean-Baptiste. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 2026. 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. - 4 Jul 2024: Director resigned: TILLEKERATNE, David Michael. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 4 Jul 2024: New director appointed: MARCINIUK, Celso Ricardo. Director change recorded on 4 Jul 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. - 28 Jun 2023: Director resigned: DOWNING, John Matthew. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 28 Jun 2023: New director appointed: CAREY, Emily Jane. Director change recorded on 28 Jun 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. - 28 Feb 2022: Secretary resigned: WILLIAMS, Trevor Martin. Company secretary change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 28 Feb 2022: New secretary appointed: BEVAN, Daniel Peter. Company secretary change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 18 Feb 2022: New director appointed: TILLEKERATNE, David Michael. Director change recorded on 18 Feb 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. - 18 Feb 2022: Director resigned: WALL, Marie Ann. Director change recorded on 18 Feb 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 May 2021: New director appointed: PARAVICINI, Lukas Jean-Baptiste. Director change recorded on 19 May 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. - 18 May 2021: Director resigned: TANT, Oliver Reginald. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 30 Apr 2021: Director resigned: TILDESLEY, Thomas Richard William. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 21 Sep 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 21 Sep 2020. 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. - 28 Feb 2018: New director appointed: TILDESLEY, Thomas Richard William. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 28 Feb 2018: Director resigned: RESNEKOV, David Ian. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 19 Feb 2018: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Feb 2018. 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. - 31 Mar 2017: New director appointed: DOWNING, John Matthew. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2017: New secretary appointed: WILLIAMS, Trevor Martin. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2017: New director appointed: WALL, Marie Ann. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2017: Director resigned: COOPER, Alison Jane. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2017: Director resigned: KEVETH, Nicholas James. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2017: Secretary resigned: DOWNING, John Matthew. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Imperial Tobacco Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 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. - 31 Jul 2014: Director resigned: HILL, Kenneth. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 2014. 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. - 5 Nov 2013: New director appointed: TANT, Oliver Reginald. Director change recorded on 5 Nov 2013. 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 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 Imperial Tobacco Ltd ### Is Imperial Tobacco Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Imperial Tobacco Ltd in Bristol 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 Imperial Tobacco Ltd sponsor? Imperial Tobacco 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 Imperial Tobacco Ltd based? The register lists Imperial Tobacco Ltd at 121 Winterstoke Road, Bristol, England, BS3 2LL. 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 01860181. 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/imperial-tobacco-ltd-bristol-701119 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/imperial-tobacco-ltd-bristol-701119.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.