--- title: "Ricardo plc: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ricardo-plc-shoreham-by-sea-772070 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 --- # Ricardo plc: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Ricardo plc (Companies House 00222915, Shoreham by Sea) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, 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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: RICARDO LIMITED - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Shoreham by Sea - Registered address: Shoreham Technical Centre, Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5FG - Companies House number: 00222915 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00222915) - Website: https://www.ricardo.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ricardo-plc/ - 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/ricardo-plc-shoreham-by-sea-772070 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 28 licensed sponsors in Shoreham-by-Sea: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/shoreham-by-sea - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - 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 54 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 2 Jul 2026: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 2 Jul 2026. 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 Jun 2026: Secretary resigned: SAGOO, Harpreet. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 19 May 2026: New director appointed: OMS O'DONNELL, Francisco Jason. Director change recorded on 19 May 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: COTTRELL, Judith. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: RITCHIE, Graham. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 31 Dec 2025: New director appointed: PASCOE, Alex. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 27 Oct 2025: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 27 Oct 2025, 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. - 16 Oct 2025: Company name changed, now trading as "RICARDO LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 16 Oct 2025, alongside a new majority owner or controller. 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. - 10 Oct 2025: Notification of Wsp Group Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 10 Oct 2025. 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. - 9 Oct 2025: Director resigned: CLARE, Mark Sydney. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 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. - 9 Oct 2025: Director resigned: KING, Russell John. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 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. - 9 Oct 2025: Director resigned: FARAZMAND, Tim. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 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. - 9 Oct 2025: Director resigned: REES, Sian Lloyd. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 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. - 9 Oct 2025: Director resigned: BORG, Caroline. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 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. - 9 Oct 2025: New director appointed: SEWELL, Karen Anne. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 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. - 9 Oct 2025: New director appointed: BARNARD, Miles Lawrence. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 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 Jan 2025: Director resigned: PERSSON, Eva Christina Malin. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 15 Nov 2024: New director appointed: FARAZMAND, Tim. Director change recorded on 15 Nov 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. - 14 Nov 2024: Director resigned: SPENCER, William. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 1 Oct 2024: New director appointed: REES, Sian Lloyd. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 31 Jul 2024: Director resigned: BOYER, Jack Byron. 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. - 1 Jul 2024: New director appointed: BORG, Caroline. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 May 2024: Director resigned: BOWEN, Laurie Anne. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 13 Sep 2023: Director resigned: GIBSON, Ian Jeffrey. Director change recorded on 13 Sep 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. - 11 Sep 2023: New secretary appointed: SAGOO, Harpreet. Company secretary change recorded on 11 Sep 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. - + 29 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 0 live vacancies tracked for this employer (7 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - HSE Advisor · Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/XcSVxRYEParYYh6lhsdDvAzmYNArFig2USIQuhSy-UuawvfHQBO17nhO5unhhLe8ZQsiuoWc0RJWgW5sDhi7sift2_TfyuFRw5YBYd0Dl0M7Qn_CZFH-vAri8NJMhKJYUPh1YvPcZzBHELkP3LBTe9i74BfGplw1K2qwcLplJ9Un59ODS55xUJsjh0f4TH3uFEf1ZJ-3nM0ZQiWE8RGf1SfCv4O_0DCJPLZ5RDaZCmk - Contract - Principal Chassis System Engineer · Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/y0-PIFBYMkq7LDg_9RWtfl7XDLb_63yNL_yx6VdSiflBanBOoYCaplJ47SSTTXseHLIFUU-4CTwf2ivumVLtXx5LaQ4pGUteAvg0iC2jiusebwjTNGYCcVRFY-B3YZIQIWxu56GaJq-ghiK1xNwOQneBfFYOxBYEZBkWy6BfeZX-jSSHP1ofKYZuQfDx4tbLN4CK0hqJEqnCNKEoKUaAC2KiYzrWKZikOVYaCvELm80 - Graduate New Production Introduction & Manufacturing (Automotive) Engineer · Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/esUy22POoOFmnsVf3gqYgXXHJ22H6Bum_MqVMyNznlfxYI94lVXmMzNoEMLatuIxVSlKmNolmI2xv3FXLvsgrJZRIrd6QgsFSks2ypG4yZvZ9wwjVbXpHsoqAyWMdUxjBewmiRzTFfLQd2yMKbeUKmXRyAmrteYhcorHafTFLoevBdnj5Nv2PTxUJwSRX9hhRrJE7Wkn5febee3Sjh_zcn_zpGidSpy-lwLUijIv2A4 - Principal Mechanical Development Engineer · Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex - Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/83eehBD-35fMYbPBJBToxZFTX9bhzYLIP07dP7HL6FkrohjDOXBic-1FARem0bOI2ZKjdqG7Zljs-ejxivEidLE_q41E74RaIIHpHxA8o6PSwFYT-mJbRQ3F6mtCpNV4k7hXB0z_Ppgmz0zK0tmmq0-eOq6TVOfof5zbix_NI1bp3tlTCeJ4jJ5FzYZZ_ZeOMlfiszhQK6P_AzIVtfcWJwXcIpPInadMtYP6zBQQ7pw - Contractor - Engineering Drawing Checker · Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/3vltV33Tmajs5mMhCaly-p54jUFfJ64JuYXbi6tH_rNkdIKbk8V09DmHVBYboOBvQIfA6BBzoxAluNK5440FWpyYCQ9kE5gycGWyQ3BEnzJbMO5aW_JvcOPHGI91ItR-vv3GciRh4QJG8XZNL7ccHtp8fx10ns_z1QuMb32Y9b-hKMcP2kyB0co3mXTTQBJRYymp0fPS9wTcKWxmjz1O9gRY_RCEuAn3wzFJnvo3vbE - Contractor - Steering Systems Engineer · Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/k95--Ru1CjBV8W3X-ZHBjqW-C1V5HZ03mABKx44OB8UA0cQN2zO1eqc4M5xANJebfa9rAfOMWVUfkCxqmtXwNacFjdGDdSpKVekFljCriu62b7cTMdIaklaqrt0UeGSwkJCwJTQc5A1ePfI-SO_0ju40Yqsqo1XFsYtCSMEEsqfLecdFB0aX_8JLc2WVxtGM4mhlcxnOmOWoIPgTk1R9Gdjd-struzYRm6iV5agTO_s - Senior SQA Engineer · Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/vDVcHjytLv_K23gM-S8egJT6IujaFnIltf_B9FCPq8AwWoLmghS6D1af91wMZnKMBeFpzyFN3IEaHwJaO_SiCuSikDGUXQvSW-cFL6SdA6NmkkUwBbhMLZLg4PassmhOC7ijkGw2MsKI-3m9BviSbffrafIfrFYTLFJVhHfhBPhKT6JTbyUhB8As2aEGNDaVTTXeR2Mu8WRBParC1uWLYCaCg5B1_vH-ksz-1-KRXgM A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Ricardo plc ### Is Ricardo plc a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ricardo plc in Shoreham by Sea 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 Ricardo plc sponsor? Ricardo plc is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Ricardo plc based? The register lists Ricardo plc at Shoreham Technical Centre, Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5FG. 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 00222915. 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. 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