--- title: "Michell Instruments Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/michell-instruments-limited-ely-785137 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 --- # Michell Instruments Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Michell Instruments Limited (Companies House 01183847, Ely) 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 at least 4 August 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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: MICHELL INSTRUMENTS LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: ELY - Registered address: 48 Lancaster Way Business Park, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3NW - Companies House number: 01183847 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01183847) - Website: http://www.michell.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/michell-instruments-limited-ely-785137 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 45 licensed sponsors in Ely: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/ely - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 15 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 8 Dec 2025: Director resigned: MACFARLANE, Jim. Director change recorded on 8 Dec 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. - 12 Feb 2025: Director resigned: MARKIN, Adam Dean. Director change recorded on 12 Feb 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. - 12 Feb 2025: New director appointed: DUBOIS, Charles. Director change recorded on 12 Feb 2025. 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 Feb 2025: New director appointed: BOYCE, Derek. Director change recorded on 12 Feb 2025. 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. - 22 Aug 2023: New director appointed: GEE, Richard Michael. Director change recorded on 22 Aug 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. - 1 Mar 2023: Director resigned: BANNISTER, Michael. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 1 Mar 2023: Secretary resigned: LEONARD, David Paul. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 2 Feb 2023: Director resigned: LEONARD, David Paul. Director change recorded on 2 Feb 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. - 6 Dec 2022: New director appointed: LOVEDAY, Glyn. Director change recorded on 6 Dec 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. - 30 Nov 2022: New director appointed: MACFARLANE, Jim. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 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. - 19 Dec 2016: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 13 Dec 2016: New director appointed: MARKIN, Adam Dean. Director change recorded on 13 Dec 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. - 9 Dec 2016: Director resigned: STOKES, Andrew Maurice Vincent. Director change recorded on 9 Dec 2016. 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. - 4 Dec 2016: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 4 Dec 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 Parametric Investments 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 Michell Instruments Limited ### Is Michell Instruments Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Michell Instruments Limited in ELY is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Michell Instruments Limited sponsor? Michell Instruments Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Michell Instruments Limited based? The register lists Michell Instruments Limited at 48 Lancaster Way Business Park, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3NW. 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 01183847. 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/michell-instruments-limited-ely-785137 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/michell-instruments-limited-ely-785137.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.