--- title: "Matthews Environmental Solutions Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/matthews-environmental-solutions-limited-hyde-726295 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 --- # Matthews Environmental Solutions Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Matthews Environmental Solutions Limited (Companies House 07826037, Hyde) 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 31 January 2019 (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: 31 January 2019 - Legal name: ENVIRONMENTAL COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Hyde - Registered address: Unit 3 Dunkirk Lane, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 4NL - Companies House number: 07826037 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07826037) - Website: http://www.matthews-environmental.co.uk - 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/matthews-environmental-solutions-limited-hyde-726295 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 35 licensed sponsors in Hyde: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hyde - 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 1 November 2026, newest first: - 20 Mar 2026: Director resigned: COE, Leslie John. Director change recorded on 20 Mar 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. - 6 Oct 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 6 Oct 2025. 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. - 21 Oct 2024: Company name changed, now trading as "ENVIRONMENTAL COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 21 Oct 2024, alongside a new majority owner or controller. 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. - 14 Oct 2024: Notification of Environmental Combustion Technologies (Holdings) Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 14 Oct 2024. 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. - 14 Oct 2024: Cessation of Schawk Wace Group as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 Oct 2024. 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. - 14 Oct 2024: New director appointed: COE, Leslie John. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 2024. 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 Oct 2024: Director resigned: ROMANELLI, Pier Luigi. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 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. - 14 Oct 2024: Director resigned: BARTOLACCI, Joseph Carlo. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 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. - 14 Oct 2024: New director appointed: ROSS, Darren Patrick. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 2024. 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 Sep 2023: Director resigned: OBEID, Zuheir Sameer. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Sep 2023: New director appointed: WILTSHIRE, Stewart Anthony. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 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. - 26 Sep 2022: Notification of Schawk Wace Group as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 26 Sep 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. - 26 Sep 2022: Cessation of Matthews Corporation Holding Company (Uk) Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 26 Sep 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. - 1 Dec 2021: New director appointed: OBEID, Zuheir Sameer. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 1 Dec 2021: Director resigned: SMITH, Paul Jason. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 14 Feb 2020: New director appointed: SMITH, Paul Jason. Director change recorded on 14 Feb 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. - 14 Feb 2020: Director resigned: RAHILL, Paul. Director change recorded on 14 Feb 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. 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 Matthews Environmental Solutions Limited ### Is Matthews Environmental Solutions Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Matthews Environmental Solutions Limited in Hyde is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Matthews Environmental Solutions Limited sponsor? Matthews Environmental Solutions 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 Matthews Environmental Solutions Limited based? The register lists Matthews Environmental Solutions Limited at Unit 3 Dunkirk Lane, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 4NL. 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 07826037. 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/matthews-environmental-solutions-limited-hyde-726295 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/matthews-environmental-solutions-limited-hyde-726295.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.