--- title: "OCR Alpha: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ocr-alpha-london-778587 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 --- # OCR Alpha: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, OCR Alpha (Companies House 09281626, London) 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 28 March 2022 (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: 28 March 2022 - Legal name: OCR ALPHA LIMITED - Industry: Professional Services - Town: London - Registered address: Thomas House, 84 Eccleston Square, London, England, SW1V 1PX - Companies House number: 09281626 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09281626) - 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/ocr-alpha-london-778587 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - 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 13 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 27 Apr 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 27 Apr 2026. 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. - 23 Sep 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 23 Sep 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. - 17 Aug 2023: New director appointed: ERSKINE-HORNYOLD, Jedediah. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Aug 2023: New director appointed: FIELDHOUSE, William Joseph. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 4 Aug 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Aug 2023. 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. - 30 Jun 2023: New person with significant control: Mr Matthew Proffitt. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Jun 2023. 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. - 6 Feb 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Feb 2023. 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. - 3 Feb 2023: New person with significant control: Mpbc Group Ltd. Change to people with significant control recorded on 3 Feb 2023. 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. - 3 Feb 2023: Cessation of Ms Elizabeth Aileen Clancy as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 3 Feb 2023. 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. - 3 Feb 2023: Cessation of Mr Matthew Proffitt as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 3 Feb 2023. 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. - 12 Oct 2022: New director appointed: CLANCY, Elizabeth Aileen. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 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. - 6 May 2022: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 6 May 2022. 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. - 28 Apr 2022: New person with significant control: Ms Elizabeth Aileen Clancy. Change to people with significant control recorded on 28 Apr 2022. 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. 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 OCR Alpha ### Is OCR Alpha a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. OCR Alpha in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can OCR Alpha sponsor? OCR Alpha is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is OCR Alpha based? The register lists OCR Alpha at Thomas House, 84 Eccleston Square, London, England, SW1V 1PX. 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 09281626. 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/ocr-alpha-london-778587 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ocr-alpha-london-778587.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.