--- title: "Potter Clarkson IP Ltd.: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/potter-clarkson-ip-ltd-nottingham-704711 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 --- # Potter Clarkson IP Ltd.: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Potter Clarkson IP Ltd. (Companies House 01813942, Nottingham) 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 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: POTTER CLARKSON IP LIMITED - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Nottingham - Registered address: The Belgrave Centre, Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GG - Companies House number: 01813942 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01813942) - Website: https://www.potterclarkson.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/potter-clarkson-ip-ltd-nottingham-704711 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,054 licensed sponsors in Nottingham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/nottingham - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 32 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 11 Jun 2025: New director appointed: SCOTTON, Hester Raphaella Anne. Director change recorded on 11 Jun 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 Jul 2024: Director resigned: HASAN, Shahinda. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 18 May 2023: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 18 May 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. - 26 Jan 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 26 Jan 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. - 22 Sep 2022: Director resigned: BASSETT, Richard Simon. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 2 Feb 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 2 Feb 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. - 18 Jan 2022: New director appointed: HASAN, Shahinda. Director change recorded on 18 Jan 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. - 30 Jul 2021: Director resigned: WALLIS, Sarah Louise. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 18 Feb 2021: New director appointed: WALLIS, Sarah Louise. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 18 Feb 2021: Director resigned: BAKER, Colin John. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 18 Feb 2021: Director resigned: PILKINGTON, Stephanie Joan, Doctor. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 18 Feb 2021: New director appointed: MARSHALL, Caroline. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 18 Feb 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 18 Feb 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 Jan 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 13 Jan 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. - 30 Apr 2019: New director appointed: SMITH, Stephen Edward. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 2019. 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. - 11 Mar 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 11 Mar 2019. 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 Feb 2018: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 14 Feb 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. - 13 Dec 2016: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 13 Dec 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. - 14 Jun 2016: Director resigned: STEVENS, Ian Edward. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Potter Clarkson Llp as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 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. - 14 Dec 2015: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 14 Dec 2015. 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 Dec 2015: Secretary resigned: EASTON, Paul Stephen. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 1 Dec 2015: New secretary appointed: ARGYLE, Andrew Thomas. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 3 Dec 2014: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 3 Dec 2014. 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 Jan 2014: Director resigned: POWELL, Timothy John. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - + 7 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 Potter Clarkson IP Ltd. ### Is Potter Clarkson IP Ltd. a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Potter Clarkson IP Ltd. in Nottingham 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 Potter Clarkson IP Ltd. sponsor? Potter Clarkson IP Ltd. is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Potter Clarkson IP Ltd. based? The register lists Potter Clarkson IP Ltd. at The Belgrave Centre, Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GG. 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 01813942. 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/potter-clarkson-ip-ltd-nottingham-704711 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/potter-clarkson-ip-ltd-nottingham-704711.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.