--- title: "Manchester Airport plc: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/manchester-airport-plc-manchester-712616 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 --- # Manchester Airport plc: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Manchester Airport plc (Companies House 01960988, Manchester) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 22 December 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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 22 December 2013 - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: Manchester - Registered address: PO BOX 532, Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, United Kingdom, M60 2LA - Companies House number: 01960988 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01960988) - Website: https://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/manchester-airports-group/ - 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/manchester-airport-plc-manchester-712616 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 2,872 licensed sponsors in Manchester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/manchester - One of 6,274 in Travel, Transport & Mobility: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/travel-transport-mobility - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 17 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Oct 2025: Director resigned: BRAMALL, Janine. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 5 Mar 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 5 Mar 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. - 28 Oct 2022: Director resigned: O'TOOLE, John Kenneth. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 12 May 2022: Director resigned: SMART, Karen. Director change recorded on 12 May 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. - 21 Apr 2022: New director appointed: O'TOOLE, John Kenneth. Director change recorded on 21 Apr 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. - 12 Nov 2020: New director appointed: BRAMALL, Janine. Director change recorded on 12 Nov 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. - 12 Nov 2020: New director appointed: SMART, Karen. Director change recorded on 12 Nov 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. - 12 Nov 2020: Director resigned: THOMPSON, Neil Philip. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 12 Nov 2020: Director resigned: COWAN, Andrew David. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 12 Nov 2020: Director resigned: CORNISH, Charles Thomas. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 12 Nov 2020: Director resigned: O'TOOLE, John Kenneth. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 28 May 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 28 May 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. - 22 Jul 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 22 Jul 2019. 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. - 10 Oct 2017: New director appointed: COWAN, Andrew David. Director change recorded on 10 Oct 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. - 24 May 2016: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 24 May 2016. 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. - 20 May 2016: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 May 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Manchester Airport Group Finance 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. 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 Manchester Airport plc ### Is Manchester Airport plc a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Manchester Airport plc in Manchester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Manchester Airport plc sponsor? Manchester Airport plc is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Manchester Airport plc based? The register lists Manchester Airport plc at PO BOX 532, Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester, United Kingdom, M60 2LA. 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 01960988. 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/manchester-airport-plc-manchester-712616 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/manchester-airport-plc-manchester-712616.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.