--- title: "Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/phoenix-chinese-news-and-entertainment-ltd-richmond-770198 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 --- # Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Ltd (Richmond) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist 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). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: PHOENIX CHINESE NEWS & ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Richmond - Companies House number: 02557031 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02557031) - 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/phoenix-chinese-news-and-entertainment-ltd-richmond-770198 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 170 licensed sponsors in Richmond: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/richmond - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 17 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Aug 2026: Director resigned: LYU, Ning. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 12 Jun 2026: Director resigned: YEUNG, Ka Keung. Director change recorded on 12 Jun 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. - 12 Jun 2026: New director appointed: HO, Lap Kei. Director change recorded on 12 Jun 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. - 25 May 2026: Director resigned: CHEN, Tingsun, Mr.. Director change recorded on 25 May 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 Jan 2023: Director resigned: HE, Daguang. Director change recorded on 10 Jan 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. - 10 Jan 2023: New director appointed: LI, Qi. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 27 Jul 2021: Director resigned: LIU, Changle, Mr.. Director change recorded on 27 Jul 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. - 27 Jul 2021: Director resigned: CHUI, Keung, Mr.. Director change recorded on 27 Jul 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. - 27 Jul 2021: New director appointed: ZHANG, Tong. Director change recorded on 27 Jul 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. - 27 Jul 2021: New director appointed: LIU, Bo. Director change recorded on 27 Jul 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 Jan 2021: New director appointed: LYU, Ning. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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 Jan 2021: Director resigned: ZHAO, Shaohua, Mr.. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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 2020: New director appointed: YEUNG, Ka Keung. Director change recorded on 5 Feb 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. - 5 Feb 2020: New director appointed: HE, Daguang. Director change recorded on 5 Feb 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. - 5 Feb 2020: Director resigned: GONG, Jianzhong, Mr.. Director change recorded on 5 Feb 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. - 15 Sep 2014: Secretary resigned: SHAO, Wen Guang, Dr.. Company secretary change recorded on 15 Sep 2014. 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 Sep 2014: New secretary appointed: CHENG, Jian. Company secretary change recorded on 15 Sep 2014. 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 Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Ltd ### Is Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Ltd in Richmond 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 Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Ltd sponsor? Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Ltd based? The register lists Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Ltd at Richmond. 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/phoenix-chinese-news-and-entertainment-ltd-richmond-770198 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/phoenix-chinese-news-and-entertainment-ltd-richmond-770198.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.