--- title: "Monotype Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/monotype-ltd-london-716418 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-02 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Monotype Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Monotype Ltd (Companies House 02663485, London) 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 8 November 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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 8 November 2013 - Legal name: MONOTYPE LIMITED - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: London - Registered address: The Tea Building Unit 2.05, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London, England, E1 6JJ - Companies House number: 02663485 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02663485) - Website: https://www.monotype.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/monotype/ - Register data as of: 2 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/monotype-ltd-london-716418 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,663 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 15,368 in Technology & Software: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/technology-software - Among 10,774 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 23 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 12 Sep 2025: New director appointed: SCHULZE, Jan-Ulrich. Director change recorded on 12 Sep 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. - 11 Nov 2022: Secretary resigned: KAESTNER, Jan, Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 11 Nov 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. - 11 Nov 2022: New secretary appointed: HIGGINS, Ciara. Company secretary change recorded on 11 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. - 24 Jun 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 17 Jun 2022: New secretary appointed: KAESTNER, Jan, Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Jun 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. - 17 Jun 2022: Secretary resigned: AHMED, Sharmina. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Jun 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. - 13 Jul 2021: Director resigned: LANDERS, Scott E. Director change recorded on 13 Jul 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. - 13 Jul 2021: New director appointed: CHACKO, Ninan. Director change recorded on 13 Jul 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 Apr 2021: New director appointed: THEAKSTONE, Matthew James. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 24 Dec 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 24 Dec 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. - 11 Oct 2019: Cessation of Monotype Imaging Inc as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Oct 2019. 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. - 28 Jun 2019: Director resigned: MCCALLUM, John Harold. Director change recorded on 28 Jun 2019. 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 Mar 2019: New director appointed: KOLLAT, Jan Christopher. Director change recorded on 25 Mar 2019. 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 Mar 2018: Director resigned: MAXWELL, Justine. Director change recorded on 9 Mar 2018. 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. - 26 May 2017: Director resigned: FRIEND, Charlene. Director change recorded on 26 May 2017. 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 Nov 2016: New secretary appointed: AHMED, Sharmina. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 1 Nov 2016: Secretary resigned: KAESTNER, Jan, Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 12 Apr 2016: New director appointed: MAXWELL, Justine. Director change recorded on 12 Apr 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Monotype Imaging Inc 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. - 31 Dec 2015: Director resigned: SHAW, Douglas J.. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 2015. 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 Dec 2015: New director appointed: LANDERS, Scott E. Director change recorded on 18 Dec 2015. 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. - 10 Sep 2015: New secretary appointed: KAESTNER, Jan, Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Sep 2015. 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. - 10 Sep 2015: Secretary resigned: OWENS-RICHARDS, Marilee. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Sep 2015. 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 Monotype Ltd ### Is Monotype Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Monotype Ltd in London 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 Monotype Ltd sponsor? Monotype Ltd 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 Monotype Ltd based? The register lists Monotype Ltd at The Tea Building Unit 2.05, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London, England, E1 6JJ. 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 2 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 02663485. 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/monotype-ltd-london-716418 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/monotype-ltd-london-716418.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.