--- title: "MEXICHEM UK LIMITED (t/a Koura): UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mexichem-uk-limited-t-a-koura-cheshire-710037 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 --- # MEXICHEM UK LIMITED (t/a Koura): UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, MEXICHEM UK LIMITED (t/a Koura) (Companies House 07088219, Cheshire) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 28 July 2021 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 28 July 2021 - Legal name: MEXICHEM UK LIMITED - Also known as: Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials - Industry: Energy, Utilities & Sustainability - Town: Cheshire - Registered address: The Heath Business & Technical Park, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 4QX - Companies House number: 07088219 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07088219) - Website: https://www.kouraglobal.com - 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/mexichem-uk-limited-t-a-koura-cheshire-710037 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 114 licensed sponsors in Cheshire: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cheshire - One of 1,957 in Energy, Utilities & Sustainability: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/energy-utilities-sustainability - 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 16 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 24 Jun 2026: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 24 Jun 2026. 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. - 7 Oct 2025: Director resigned: BARRAGAN VILLANUEVA, Valeria. Director change recorded on 7 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. - 28 Jun 2024: Secretary resigned: WALKER-ARNOTT, Ellen. Company secretary change recorded on 28 Jun 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. - 28 Jun 2024: New secretary appointed: ARCHIBALD, Euan James. Company secretary change recorded on 28 Jun 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. - 25 Jan 2024: New director appointed: BARRAGAN VILLANUEVA, Valeria. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 25 Jan 2024: Director resigned: OST, Andrea. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 25 Jan 2024: New director appointed: SMITH, Greggory Collins. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 25 Jan 2024: New director appointed: ZHOU, Kenwin. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 12 Jan 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 12 Jan 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. - 11 Jan 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 11 Jan 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. - 25 Oct 2023: Director resigned: SMITH, David James Mitchell. Director change recorded on 25 Oct 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. - 18 Aug 2023: Director resigned: GARDNER, Simon. Director change recorded on 18 Aug 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 Dec 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 29 Dec 2022. 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 Dec 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 28 Dec 2022. 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. - 2 Sep 2022: New secretary appointed: WALKER-ARNOTT, Ellen. Company secretary change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 2 Sep 2022: Secretary resigned: BREDEN, Paula. Company secretary change recorded on 2 Sep 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 MEXICHEM UK LIMITED (t/a Koura) ### Is MEXICHEM UK LIMITED (t/a Koura) a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. MEXICHEM UK LIMITED (t/a Koura) in Cheshire is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can MEXICHEM UK LIMITED (t/a Koura) sponsor? MEXICHEM UK LIMITED (t/a Koura) is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is MEXICHEM UK LIMITED (t/a Koura) based? The register lists MEXICHEM UK LIMITED (t/a Koura) at The Heath Business & Technical Park, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 4QX. 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 07088219. 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/mexichem-uk-limited-t-a-koura-cheshire-710037 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mexichem-uk-limited-t-a-koura-cheshire-710037.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.