--- title: "Iress FS Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/iress-fs-limited-cheltenham-702661 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 --- # Iress FS Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Iress FS Limited (trading as 1ST SOFTWARE; Companies House 02958430; Cheltenham) 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 5 May 2022 (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: 5 May 2022 - Trading as: 1ST SOFTWARE - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Cheltenham - Registered address: 1 Kingmaker Court, Warwick Technology Park, Gallows Hill, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 6DY - Companies House number: 02958430 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02958430) - Website: https://www.iress.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iress - 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/iress-fs-limited-cheltenham-702661 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 276 licensed sponsors in Cheltenham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cheltenham - 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 26 October 2026, newest first: - 4 Feb 2025: New director appointed: KERR, Neil Robertson. Director change recorded on 4 Feb 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. - 1 Feb 2025: Director resigned: MCNEILL, Julia Emma. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 1 Feb 2025: New director appointed: COOKE, Rosalind Marianne. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 1 Jul 2024: Director resigned: MITCHELL, Henry James Kennedy. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 13 Oct 2023: New director appointed: MITCHELL, Henry James Kennedy. Director change recorded on 13 Oct 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. - 29 Sep 2023: Director resigned: HARRIS, John Andrew. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 29 Aug 2023: Notification of Iress Uk Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 29 Aug 2023. 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. - 29 Aug 2023: Cessation of Iress Fs Group Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 Aug 2023. 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. - 3 Oct 2022: Director resigned: WALSH, Andrew Leslie. Director change recorded on 3 Oct 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. 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 Iress FS Limited ### Is Iress FS Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Iress FS Limited in Cheltenham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Iress FS Limited sponsor? Iress FS 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 Iress FS Limited based? The register lists Iress FS Limited at 1 Kingmaker Court, Warwick Technology Park, Gallows Hill, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 6DY. 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 02958430. 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/iress-fs-limited-cheltenham-702661 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/iress-fs-limited-cheltenham-702661.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.