--- title: "Industrial Light & Magic UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industrial-light-and-magic-uk-limited-london-701439 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 --- # Industrial Light & Magic UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Industrial Light & Magic UK Limited (trading as ILM; Companies House 08315430; London) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Creative Worker, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 22 May 2014 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 22 May 2014 - Trading as: ILM - Legal name: INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC (UK) LTD. - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: LONDON - Companies House number: 08315430 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08315430) - Website: https://www.ilm.com/locations/london/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrial-light-&-magic - 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/industrial-light-and-magic-uk-limited-london-701439 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 18 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 15 Oct 2026: New director appointed: LYSTER, Susan Jane. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 12 Nov 2026. - 1 Jun 2026: Director resigned: MORRIS, Benjamin. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 17 Dec 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 17 Dec 2024. 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. - 18 Jul 2024: Director resigned: HAYWOOD, Russell John. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 12 Dec 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 12 Dec 2023. 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. - 22 Jun 2021: New director appointed: GAVAZZI, Chakira Teneya Hunter. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 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. - 22 Jun 2021: New director appointed: BERMINGHAM, Tracy Anne. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 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. - 14 Dec 2020: New director appointed: HAYWOOD, Russell John. Director change recorded on 14 Dec 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 Nov 2020: Director resigned: HANSSON, Zelda. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 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. - 19 Jun 2018: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 8 Jan 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 8 Jan 2018. 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. - 1 Sep 2017: New director appointed: HANSSON, Zelda. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2017: Director resigned: WIDGER, Andrew Thomas. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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 The Walt Disney Company 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. - 8 Jan 2015: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 8 Jan 2015. 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. - 31 May 2014: New director appointed: MORRIS, Benjamin. Director change recorded on 31 May 2014. 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 May 2014: New director appointed: AULTMAN, Ilene Lorraine. Director change recorded on 31 May 2014. 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 May 2014: Director resigned: ANDERMAN, David Joshua. Director change recorded on 30 May 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. 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 0 live vacancies tracked for this employer (2 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Industrial Light & Magic hiring Creature (Rigging/Tech Anim) Supervisor · San Francisco, CA · expired · https://jooble.org/jdp/7937243710404055162 - QA Analyst -- ILM San Francisco (Project Hire) · San Francisco, CA · expired · https://jooble.org/jdp/3172133669610856337 A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Industrial Light & Magic UK Limited ### Is Industrial Light & Magic UK Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Industrial Light & Magic UK Limited in LONDON is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Industrial Light & Magic UK Limited sponsor? Industrial Light & Magic UK Limited is licensed for Creative Worker, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Industrial Light & Magic UK Limited based? The register lists Industrial Light & Magic UK Limited at LONDON. 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 08315430. 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/industrial-light-and-magic-uk-limited-london-701439 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industrial-light-and-magic-uk-limited-london-701439.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.