--- title: "Lions Gate International (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lions-gate-international-uk-limited-london-709799 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-02 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Lions Gate International (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Lions Gate International (UK) Limited (Companies House 08936180, London) 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 12 June 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 12 June 2014 - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: London - Registered address: 5th Floor 45 Mortimer Street, London, W1W 8HJ - Companies House number: 08936180 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08936180) - Website: https://www.lionsgatefilms.co.uk - Register data as of: 2 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lions-gate-international-uk-limited-london-709799 ## 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 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 26 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 7 May 2025: Notification of Lionsgate Studios Corp. as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 7 May 2025. 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. - 7 May 2025: Cessation of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 May 2025. 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. - 7 Jan 2025: Director resigned: POULSEN, Torben. Director change recorded on 7 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. - 17 Nov 2023: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 17 Nov 2023. 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 Nov 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 8 Nov 2023. 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. - 26 Oct 2023: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 26 Oct 2023. 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. - 25 Oct 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Oct 2023. 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. - 13 Dec 2021: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 13 Dec 2021. 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. - 10 Jun 2021: New director appointed: POULSEN, Torben. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 15 Jan 2021: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 15 Jan 2021. 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. - 18 Dec 2020: Director resigned: PEARCEY, Nicola Jane. Director change recorded on 18 Dec 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. - 18 Dec 2020: New director appointed: CLARY, Andrew Paul. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 10 Nov 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 10 Nov 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. - 24 Sep 2020: Director resigned: PERALA, Christian Robert. Director change recorded on 24 Sep 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 Sep 2020: New director appointed: BENOIT, Sandra. Director change recorded on 24 Sep 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. - 27 Jul 2020: New director appointed: PERALA, Christian Robert. Director change recorded on 27 Jul 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. - 27 Jul 2020: Director resigned: KAMASA, Zygmunt Jan. Director change recorded on 27 Jul 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. - 20 Jul 2018: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Jul 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. - 5 Mar 2018: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 5 Mar 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. - 10 Mar 2017: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 10 Mar 2017. 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. - 8 Mar 2017: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 8 Mar 2017. 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. - 15 Jul 2016: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Jul 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. 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. - 28 Mar 2016: New director appointed: PEARCEY, Nicola Jane. Director change recorded on 28 Mar 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. - 28 Mar 2016: New corporate-secretary appointed: FIELDFISHER SECRETARIES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 28 Mar 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. - + 1 earlier change 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 Lions Gate International (UK) Limited ### Is Lions Gate International (UK) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Lions Gate International (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 Lions Gate International (UK) Limited sponsor? Lions Gate International (UK) 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 Lions Gate International (UK) Limited based? The register lists Lions Gate International (UK) Limited at 5th Floor 45 Mortimer Street, London, W1W 8HJ. 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 2 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 08936180. 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/lions-gate-international-uk-limited-london-709799 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lions-gate-international-uk-limited-london-709799.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.