--- title: "Palintest Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/palintest-limited-gateshead-722658 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 --- # Palintest Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Palintest Limited (Companies House 01204118, Gateshead) 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 11 January 2019 (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: 11 January 2019 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Gateshead - Registered address: Palintest House, Kingsway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead Tyne And Wear, NE11 0NS - Companies House number: 01204118 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01204118) - Website: https://www.palintest.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/palintest - 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/palintest-limited-gateshead-722658 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 140 licensed sponsors in Gateshead: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/gateshead - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 28 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 15 Oct 2026: New director appointed: TATE, Emma Margaret. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 12 Nov 2026. - 15 Oct 2026: New director appointed: RANDALL, Melanie-Ann. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 12 Nov 2026. - 1 Sep 2026: Secretary resigned: WALTON, Deborah. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Sep 2026. 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 Sep 2026: New secretary appointed: TATE, Emma Margaret. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 28 Aug 2026: Director resigned: LOVE, Patrick John. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 2026. 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. - 21 May 2026: New director appointed: BLASHKA, Melissa Gale. Director change recorded on 21 May 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. - 30 Jan 2026: Director resigned: SHORT, Terrilynn Million. Director change recorded on 30 Jan 2026. 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. - 10 Feb 2025: New director appointed: LOVE, Patrick John. Director change recorded on 10 Feb 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. - 31 Jan 2025: Director resigned: SEEL, James. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 25 Apr 2024: New director appointed: PERKINS, Georgina. Director change recorded on 25 Apr 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. - 17 Apr 2024: Director resigned: DAVISON, Mark Wayne. Director change recorded on 17 Apr 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. - 4 Jan 2023: New director appointed: CROSBY, Ian Anthony. Director change recorded on 4 Jan 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. - 1 Nov 2022: New director appointed: SHORT, Terrilynn Million. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 20 Oct 2022: Director resigned: GODDARD, Janie. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 28 Sep 2022: Director resigned: BEVAN, Nick. Director change recorded on 28 Sep 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. - 9 Aug 2021: New director appointed: BEVAN, Nick. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 5 May 2021: New director appointed: GODDARD, Janie. Director change recorded on 5 May 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. - 5 May 2021: Director resigned: BAROUDEL, Constance Frederique. Director change recorded on 5 May 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. - 15 Mar 2021: New secretary appointed: WALTON, Deborah. Company secretary change recorded on 15 Mar 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. - 15 Mar 2021: Secretary resigned: SPENCE, Lynn. Company secretary change recorded on 15 Mar 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. - 8 Feb 2021: New director appointed: DAVISON, Mark Wayne. Director change recorded on 8 Feb 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. - 8 Feb 2021: Director resigned: DAVISON, Mark Wayne. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 5 Feb 2021: Director resigned: LEE, Kim Thye. Director change recorded on 5 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: SEEL, James. 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. - 31 Jan 2020: Director resigned: DAVIS, Kevin Richard. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - + 3 earlier changes on the web page 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 Palintest Limited ### Is Palintest Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Palintest Limited in Gateshead is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Palintest Limited sponsor? Palintest Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Palintest Limited based? The register lists Palintest Limited at Palintest House, Kingsway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead Tyne And Wear, NE11 0NS. 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 01204118. 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/palintest-limited-gateshead-722658 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/palintest-limited-gateshead-722658.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.