--- title: "Passion Pictures Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/passion-pictures-limited-london-759581 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 --- # Passion Pictures Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Passion Pictures Limited (trading as Passion Animation Studios; Companies House 02177709; London) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Creative Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (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); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: Passion Animation Studios - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: London - Registered address: 3rd Floor, 33-34 Rathbone Place, London, W1T 1JN - Companies House number: 02177709 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02177709) - Website: https://www.passion-pictures.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/passion-pictures-limited-london-759581 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - 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 11 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 1 Nov 2026: Company is in liquidation at Companies House. Company status change recorded on 1 Nov 2026 (in liquidation). If your organisation has stopped trading or become insolvent, this must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. The 20-working-day window runs to about 27 Nov 2026. - 16 Sep 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 16 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. - 12 May 2026: Notification of Passion Studios Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 12 May 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. - 12 May 2026: Cessation of Passion Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 May 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. - 12 May 2026: Cessation of Mr Andrew Rainer Ruhemann as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 May 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. - 25 Sep 2017: Notification of Passion Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 25 Sep 2017. 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. - 1 Oct 2016: Notification of Mr Andrew Rainer Ruhemann as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Oct 2016. 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. - 13 Jul 2015: New director appointed: STANNETT, Robert William. Director change recorded on 13 Jul 2015. 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. - 24 May 2015: New secretary appointed: STANNETT, Robert William. Company secretary change recorded on 24 May 2015. 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. - 24 Feb 2015: Director resigned: HOBBS, Raymond Dennis. Director change recorded on 24 Feb 2015. 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 2013: New director appointed: HOBBS, Raymond Dennis. Director change recorded on 14 Aug 2013. 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 Passion Pictures Limited ### Is Passion Pictures Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Passion Pictures Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Passion Pictures Limited sponsor? Passion Pictures Limited is licensed for Creative Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Passion Pictures Limited based? The register lists Passion Pictures Limited at 3rd Floor, 33-34 Rathbone Place, London, W1T 1JN. 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 02177709. 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/passion-pictures-limited-london-759581 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/passion-pictures-limited-london-759581.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.