--- title: "MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mtr-corporation-crossrail-limited-london-717339 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 --- # MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited (Companies House 08754715, 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 9 November 2018 (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: 9 November 2018 - Also known as: MTR Crossrail; MTR Elizabeth line - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: London - Registered address: Providence House Providence Place, Islington, London, N1 0NT - Companies House number: 08754715 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08754715) - Website: https://mtrel.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/mtrel - 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/mtr-corporation-crossrail-limited-london-717339 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 6,274 in Travel, Transport & Mobility: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/travel-transport-mobility - 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 15 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 24 May 2025: Director resigned: BAGSHAW, Michael David. Director change recorded on 24 May 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. - 24 May 2025: New director appointed: BRATTON, Oliver John Edward. Director change recorded on 24 May 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. - 6 Aug 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 6 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2024: Corporate-secretary resigned: BOLT BURDON SECRETARIES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2024: New corporate-secretary appointed: DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 29 Mar 2024: Director resigned: MURPHY, Stephen John. Director change recorded on 29 Mar 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 Aug 2023: New director appointed: BAGSHAW, Michael David. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 3 Feb 2023: Director resigned: HOLNESS, Nigel Graham. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 31 Jan 2022: Director resigned: MELLER, Gillian Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 26 Aug 2021: New director appointed: HOLNESS, Nigel Graham. Director change recorded on 26 Aug 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. - 21 Feb 2021: Director resigned: EWEN, Peter Ronald. Director change recorded on 21 Feb 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 Oct 2020: New director appointed: EWEN, Peter Ronald. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 30 Sep 2020: Director resigned: LONG, Jeremy Paul Warwick. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 22 May 2020: Director resigned: NELSON, Michael John. Director change recorded on 22 May 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. - 22 May 2020: New director appointed: KING, Andrew Lewis. Director change recorded on 22 May 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. 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 MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited ### Is MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited sponsor? MTR Corporation (Crossrail) 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 MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited based? The register lists MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited at Providence House Providence Place, Islington, London, N1 0NT. 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 08754715. 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/mtr-corporation-crossrail-limited-london-717339 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mtr-corporation-crossrail-limited-london-717339.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.