--- title: "Rayleigh Instruments Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/rayleigh-instruments-limited-chelmsford-751091 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 --- # Rayleigh Instruments Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Rayleigh Instruments Limited (Companies House 00808961, Chelmsford) 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 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Chelmsford - Registered address: Raytel House, 1-5 Cutlers Road, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, CM3 5WA - Companies House number: 00808961 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00808961) - Website: https://www.rayleigh.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rayleigh-instruments-limited - 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/rayleigh-instruments-limited-chelmsford-751091 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 237 licensed sponsors in Chelmsford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/chelmsford - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 9 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 1 Jul 2025: New secretary appointed: MEAD, Michelle. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 30 Jun 2025: Secretary resigned: BIDDLE, Eileen Constance. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Jun 2025. 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 Jan 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Jan 2024. 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 Mar 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 11 Mar 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. - 1 Mar 2018: New director appointed: WELSHMAN, Ryan. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 1 Mar 2018: New director appointed: HAWKINS, Thomas. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 8 Nov 2017: Notification of Mr Roy Lawrence as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 8 Nov 2017. 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. - 16 Feb 2015: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 16 Feb 2015. 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. - 11 Nov 2014: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 11 Nov 2014. 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. 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 Rayleigh Instruments Limited ### Is Rayleigh Instruments Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Rayleigh Instruments Limited in Chelmsford 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 Rayleigh Instruments Limited sponsor? Rayleigh Instruments Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Rayleigh Instruments Limited based? The register lists Rayleigh Instruments Limited at Raytel House, 1-5 Cutlers Road, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, CM3 5WA. 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 00808961. 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/rayleigh-instruments-limited-chelmsford-751091 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/rayleigh-instruments-limited-chelmsford-751091.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.