--- title: "Planet First Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/planet-first-limited-london-717547 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 --- # Planet First Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Planet First Limited (trading as Planet Mark; Companies House 08472139; 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 30 December 2020 (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: 30 December 2020 - Trading as: Planet Mark - Industry: Energy, Utilities & Sustainability - Town: London - Registered address: 71-75 Shelton Street, London, England, WC2H 9JQ - Companies House number: 08472139 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08472139) - Website: https://www.planetmark.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theplanetmark/ - 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/planet-first-limited-london-717547 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 1,957 in Energy, Utilities & Sustainability: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/energy-utilities-sustainability - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 20 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 15 Oct 2026: Director resigned: ANDERSON, James Edward. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 12 Nov 2026. - 15 Oct 2026: New director appointed: RUSSELL, Sherri-Ann Daniell. 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. - 19 Dec 2024: New director appointed: ANDERSON, James Edward. Director change recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 19 Dec 2024: Director resigned: FRANKLIN, Alyn. Director change recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 23 Oct 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 23 Oct 2023. 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. - 20 Oct 2023: Notification of Veriforce Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 20 Oct 2023. 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. - 20 Oct 2023: Cessation of Mr Steven Maxwell Malkin as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2023: New director appointed: FRANKLIN, Alyn. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2023: Director resigned: KIRK, Stephen Alexander. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2023: Director resigned: MILLER, Elizabeth May. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2023: Director resigned: MALKIN, Steven Maxwell. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2023: Director resigned: ARMSTRONG, Scott Alexander. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2023: New director appointed: JACKSON, Timothy David. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2023: New secretary appointed: JAMES, Sam. Company secretary change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2023: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 20 Oct 2023, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 9 Jan 2023: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 9 Jan 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. - 9 Nov 2022: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Nov 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. - 11 Jul 2022: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 11 Jul 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. - 29 Mar 2022: Director resigned: GILLETT, Sarah Louise. Director change recorded on 29 Mar 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. - 18 Oct 2021: New director appointed: ARMSTRONG, Scott Alexander. Director change recorded on 18 Oct 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. 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 Planet First Limited ### Is Planet First Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Planet First Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Planet First Limited sponsor? Planet First Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Planet First Limited based? The register lists Planet First Limited at 71-75 Shelton Street, London, England, WC2H 9JQ. 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 08472139. 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/planet-first-limited-london-717547 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/planet-first-limited-london-717547.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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