--- title: "Innospec Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/innospec-limited-ellesmere-port-701716 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 --- # Innospec Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Innospec Limited (Companies House 00344359, Ellesmere Port) 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 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Ellesmere Port - Registered address: Innospec Manufacturing Park, Oil Sites Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 4EY - Companies House number: 00344359 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00344359) - Website: https://www.innospecinc.com - 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/innospec-limited-ellesmere-port-701716 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 45 licensed sponsors in Ellesmere Port: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/ellesmere-port - 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 17 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 29 Jan 2025: Director resigned: BOON, Philip John. Director change recorded on 29 Jan 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. - 29 Jan 2025: New director appointed: MOUNSEY, William Armstrong. Director change recorded on 29 Jan 2025. 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. - 29 Jan 2025: New director appointed: BAILEY, Gary David. Director change recorded on 29 Jan 2025. 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. - 10 Oct 2022: Notification of Innospec Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 10 Oct 2022. 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. - 10 Oct 2022: Cessation of Innopsec Trading Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 Oct 2022. 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. - 20 Jun 2022: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Jun 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. - 15 Jan 2021: Secretary resigned: WATT, Brian Robert. Company secretary change recorded on 15 Jan 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. - 15 Jan 2021: New director appointed: BLAIR, Graeme Thomas. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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. - 2 Aug 2019: Director resigned: CURRAN, Philip Andrew. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 23 Oct 2018: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 23 Oct 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. - 1 Mar 2018: Director resigned: WILLIAMS, David Earl. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 14 Nov 2017: New director appointed: NORMAN, Keri Louise. Director change recorded on 14 Nov 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. - 17 Jun 2016: Director resigned: LAWSON, Duncan. Director change recorded on 17 Jun 2016. 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 Jun 2016: New director appointed: PARSONS, Christopher John. Director change recorded on 17 Jun 2016. 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 Apr 2016: Notification of Innopsec Trading 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. - 1 Feb 2014: New director appointed: KAY, Graeme. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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 Jan 2014: Director resigned: BRACEWELL, Mark Andrew. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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 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 Innospec Limited ### Is Innospec Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Innospec Limited in Ellesmere Port 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 Innospec Limited sponsor? Innospec 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 Innospec Limited based? The register lists Innospec Limited at Innospec Manufacturing Park, Oil Sites Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 4EY. 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 00344359. 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/innospec-limited-ellesmere-port-701716 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/innospec-limited-ellesmere-port-701716.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.