--- title: "Old Empire Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/old-empire-ltd-great-wakering-721004 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 --- # Old Empire Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Old Empire Ltd (Companies House 09030354, Great Wakering) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Creative Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 9 October 2024 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker - First seen on the register: 9 October 2024 - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Great Wakering - Registered address: 11 Lansdowne Avenue, Leigh-On-Sea, England, SS9 1LJ - Companies House number: 09030354 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09030354) - Website: https://oldempiremotorcycles.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/old-empire-ltd-great-wakering-721004 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 6 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 30 Sep 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 10 Sep 2026: Notification of Desolation Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 10 Sep 2026. 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. - 10 Sep 2026: Cessation of Mrs Sarika Joanna Rice as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 Sep 2026. 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. - 10 Sep 2026: Cessation of Mr Joshua Eric Retallick as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 Sep 2026. 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. - 22 Jul 2026: New person with significant control: Mrs Sarika Joanna Rice. Change to people with significant control recorded on 22 Jul 2026. 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. - 22 Jul 2026: New director appointed: RICE, Sarika Joanna. Director change recorded on 22 Jul 2026. 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 Old Empire Ltd ### Is Old Empire Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Old Empire Ltd in Great Wakering is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Old Empire Ltd sponsor? Old Empire Ltd is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Old Empire Ltd based? The register lists Old Empire Ltd at 11 Lansdowne Avenue, Leigh-On-Sea, England, SS9 1LJ. 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 09030354. 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/old-empire-ltd-great-wakering-721004 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/old-empire-ltd-great-wakering-721004.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.