--- title: "Matthews Sutton & Co Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/matthews-sutton-and-co-ltd-liverpool-713585 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 Sutton & Co Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Matthews Sutton & Co Ltd (Companies House 08925372, Liverpool) 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 23 November 2020 (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: 23 November 2020 - Legal name: MATTHEWS SUTTON & CO LIMITED - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Liverpool - Registered address: 48-52 Penny Lane, Liverpool, L18 1DG - Companies House number: 08925372 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08925372) - Website: https://www.matthewssutton.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-sutton-and-co-ltd-liverpool-713585 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 741 licensed sponsors in Liverpool: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/liverpool - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 8 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 1 Jul 2023: New director appointed: CROFT, Colin Joseph. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 21 Apr 2023: New director appointed: MCMULLEN, John Paul. Director change recorded on 21 Apr 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. - 19 May 2021: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 19 May 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. - 4 May 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 May 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. - 1 May 2021: New director appointed: CROFT, Colin Joseph. Director change recorded on 1 May 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 May 2021: Director resigned: CROFT, Colin Joseph. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. - 1 May 2021: New director appointed: MCMULLEN, John Paul. Director change recorded on 1 May 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 May 2021: Director resigned: MCMULLEN, John Paul. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. 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 Sutton & Co Ltd ### Is Matthews Sutton & Co Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Matthews Sutton & Co Ltd in Liverpool is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Matthews Sutton & Co Ltd sponsor? Matthews Sutton & Co Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Matthews Sutton & Co Ltd based? The register lists Matthews Sutton & Co Ltd at 48-52 Penny Lane, Liverpool, L18 1DG. 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 08925372. 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-sutton-and-co-ltd-liverpool-713585 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/matthews-sutton-and-co-ltd-liverpool-713585.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.