--- title: "Practical Action: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/practical-action-rugby-793529 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 --- # Practical Action: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Practical Action (Companies House 00871954, Rugby) 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 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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Rugby - Registered address: The Robbins Building, 25 Albert Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, CV21 2SD - Companies House number: 00871954 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00871954) - Website: https://www.practicalaction.org - 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/practical-action-rugby-793529 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 135 licensed sponsors in Rugby: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/rugby - One of 17,780 in Healthcare: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/healthcare - 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 58 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 3 Dec 2025: New director appointed: KHANNA, Deepali. Director change recorded on 3 Dec 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. - 3 Dec 2025: New director appointed: SMITH, Philip Hunter. Director change recorded on 3 Dec 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 Mar 2025: New secretary appointed: PRYOR, Donna Susan. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 4 Dec 2024: Director resigned: THORNTON, Ian Andrew. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 4 Dec 2024: Director resigned: YOUNG, Graham David. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 10 Nov 2024: Secretary resigned: MCINTOSH, Lesley Anne. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Nov 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. - 3 Oct 2024: Director resigned: CHIGUDU, Hope. Director change recorded on 3 Oct 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. - 3 Oct 2024: Director resigned: SIBANDE, Rachel. Director change recorded on 3 Oct 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. - 10 Jul 2024: New secretary appointed: MCINTOSH, Lesley Anne. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 10 Jul 2024: New director appointed: IRELAND, Claire. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 10 Jul 2024: New director appointed: STUDER NOGUEZ, Isabel. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 10 Jul 2024: New director appointed: SLOANE, Jane Louise. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 10 Jul 2024: New director appointed: TEMISEVA, Aki. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 12 Apr 2024: New director appointed: MOJAPELO, Sazini. Director change recorded on 12 Apr 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. - 5 Oct 2023: Director resigned: SMITH, Joanne. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 16 Aug 2022: Secretary resigned: PAGE, Stephen David. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Aug 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. - 20 Apr 2022: New director appointed: CHIGUDU, Hope. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2022: Director resigned: PINTO, Yvonne Maria, Dr. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 27 Oct 2021: Director resigned: LIPSON, Brenda Ann. Director change recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 2 Oct 2021: Director resigned: WAYTH, Helena. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 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. - 7 Sep 2021: New director appointed: SIBANDE, Rachel. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 7 Sep 2021: New director appointed: HAIKIN, Matthew James. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 7 Sep 2021: New director appointed: WADHWA, Shivani. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 7 Sep 2021: New director appointed: LIAO, William Fu Wei. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 7 Sep 2021: New director appointed: WAHBA, Mourad. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - + 33 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 Practical Action ### Is Practical Action a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Practical Action in Rugby 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 Practical Action sponsor? Practical Action 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 Practical Action based? The register lists Practical Action at The Robbins Building, 25 Albert Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, CV21 2SD. 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 00871954. 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/practical-action-rugby-793529 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/practical-action-rugby-793529.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.