--- title: "Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/nonwovens-innovation-and-research-institute-limited-leeds-719703 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 --- # Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute Limited (Leeds) 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 22 September 2023 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 22 September 2023 - Legal name: NONWOVENS INNOVATION & RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIMITED - Industry: Professional Services - Town: LEEDS - Companies House number: 05019027 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05019027) - 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/nonwovens-innovation-and-research-institute-limited-leeds-719703 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,083 licensed sponsors in Leeds: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leeds - 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 5 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 27 Mar 2025: Director resigned: WARD, Ross Ritchie, Dr. Director change recorded on 27 Mar 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. - 19 Dec 2024: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 19 Dec 2024. 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. - 8 Aug 2024: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 8 Aug 2024. 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. - 9 Apr 2024: Treasury shares cancelled. Share capital filing recorded on 9 Apr 2024. 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 Dec 2023: Director resigned: NEILL, Steven Mark. Director change recorded on 7 Dec 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. 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 Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute Limited ### Is Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute Limited in LEEDS is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute Limited sponsor? Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute Limited based? The register lists Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute Limited at LEEDS. 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. 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/nonwovens-innovation-and-research-institute-limited-leeds-719703 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/nonwovens-innovation-and-research-institute-limited-leeds-719703.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.