--- title: "Playtonic Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/playtonic-ltd-burton-upon-trent-724965 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 --- # Playtonic Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Playtonic Ltd (trading as Playtonic Games; Companies House 09172538; Burton upon Trent) 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 24 December 2015 (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: 24 December 2015 - Trading as: Playtonic Games - Legal name: PLAYTONIC LIMITED - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Burton upon Trent - Registered address: 6 Lichfield Street, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 3RD - Companies House number: 09172538 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09172538) - Website: https://www.playtonicgames.com/careers/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9297199/ - 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/playtonic-ltd-burton-upon-trent-724965 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 131 licensed sponsors in Burton on Trent: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/burton-on-trent - One of 15,391 in Technology & Software: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/technology-software - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 16 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 29 Jul 2026: Cessation of Sixjoy Hong Kong Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 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. - 18 Mar 2022: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 18 Mar 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. - 15 Mar 2022: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 15 Mar 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. - 14 Mar 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 9 Mar 2022: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 9 Mar 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. - 26 Nov 2021: New person with significant control: Sixjoy Hong Kong Limited. Change to people with significant control recorded on 26 Nov 2021. 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. - 7 Apr 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Apr 2021. 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. - 13 Oct 2020: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 13 Oct 2020. 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. - 24 Aug 2020: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 24 Aug 2020. 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. - 31 Aug 2018: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 31 Aug 2018. 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. - 6 Feb 2018: New director appointed: WILSON, Andrew James. Director change recorded on 6 Feb 2018. 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. - 6 Feb 2018: New director appointed: GERGES, Simon Louis. Director change recorded on 6 Feb 2018. 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. - 22 Sep 2017: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Sep 2017. 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. - 1 Sep 2016: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Sep 2016. 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. - 2 Aug 2016: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 2 Aug 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Gavin Ian Price. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. 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 Playtonic Ltd ### Is Playtonic Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Playtonic Ltd in Burton upon Trent is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Playtonic Ltd sponsor? Playtonic Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Playtonic Ltd based? The register lists Playtonic Ltd at 6 Lichfield Street, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 3RD. 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 09172538. 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/playtonic-ltd-burton-upon-trent-724965 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/playtonic-ltd-burton-upon-trent-724965.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.