--- title: "Rockley Photonics Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/rockley-photonics-limited-altrincham-785530 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 --- # Rockley Photonics Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Rockley Photonics Limited (Companies House 08683015, Altrincham) 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 10 March 2023 (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: 10 March 2023 - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Altrincham - Registered address: 3rd Floor 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, United Kingdom, WA14 2DT - Companies House number: 08683015 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08683015) - Website: https://rockleyphotonics.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/rockley-photonics-limited-altrincham-785530 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 161 licensed sponsors in Altrincham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/altrincham - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 12 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 17 Sep 2026: New director appointed: ESSERY, Thomas Jeffers. Director change recorded on 17 Sep 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. - 4 Sep 2026: Director resigned: MCCAW, Trevor Allan. Director change recorded on 4 Sep 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. - 30 Sep 2024: Secretary resigned: ADAMS, Thomas. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 28 Jun 2024: New director appointed: MCCAW, Trevor Allan. Director change recorded on 28 Jun 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. - 28 Jun 2024: Director resigned: ADAMS, Thomas. Director change recorded on 28 Jun 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. - 27 Feb 2024: Director resigned: RICKMAN, Andrew George, Dr. Director change recorded on 27 Feb 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. - 27 Feb 2024: New director appointed: KOWTA, Keith Naoki. Director change recorded on 27 Feb 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. - 19 Jun 2023: New director appointed: ADAMS, Thomas. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 10 May 2023: Director resigned: MEIER, Richard. Director change recorded on 10 May 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. - 24 Mar 2023: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 24 Mar 2023, 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. - 14 Mar 2023: Notification of Rockley Photonics Intermediate, Inc. as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 14 Mar 2023. 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 Mar 2023: Cessation of Rockley Photonics Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 Mar 2023. 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 Rockley Photonics Limited ### Is Rockley Photonics Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Rockley Photonics Limited in Altrincham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Rockley Photonics Limited sponsor? Rockley Photonics Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Rockley Photonics Limited based? The register lists Rockley Photonics Limited at 3rd Floor 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, United Kingdom, WA14 2DT. 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 08683015. 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/rockley-photonics-limited-altrincham-785530 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/rockley-photonics-limited-altrincham-785530.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.