--- title: "Shires Entertainments Ltd T/A Giffords Circus: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/shires-entertainments-ltd-t-a-giffords-circus-stroud-717877 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 --- # Shires Entertainments Ltd T/A Giffords Circus: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Shires Entertainments Ltd T/A Giffords Circus (Companies House 06823414, Stroud) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Creative 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: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: Shires Entertainments Ltd - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Stroud - Registered address: 1 St Mary's Street, Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5HT - Companies House number: 06823414 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06823414) - Website: https://giffordscircus.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/shires-entertainments-ltd-t-a-giffords-circus-stroud-717877 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 49 licensed sponsors in Stroud: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/stroud - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 20 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 20 May 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 May 2026. 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 Jun 2025: Notification of Alice Katy Gifford as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 11 Jun 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. - 11 Jun 2025: Notification of Daniel Sebastian Chadwick as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 11 Jun 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. - 11 Jun 2025: Cessation of Ms Alexandra Jane Reina Pringle as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Jun 2025. 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. - 11 Jun 2025: Cessation of Mr Guy Michael James as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Jun 2025. 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. - 22 May 2025: Director resigned: JAMES, Guy Michael. Director change recorded on 22 May 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. - 21 May 2025: New director appointed: GIFFORD, Toti Edward. Director change recorded on 21 May 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. - 1 Mar 2022: Notification of Ms Alexandra Jane Reina Pringle as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Mar 2022. 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. - 1 Mar 2022: Notification of Ms Clover Mary Isabella Stroud as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Mar 2022. 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. - 13 Oct 2021: Director resigned: RICE, Elizabeth Charlotte Iris. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 10 Dec 2020: Director resigned: MOLODTSOV, Irene. Director change recorded on 10 Dec 2020. 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 Jan 2020: New person with significant control: Mr Guy Michael James. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 2020. 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. - 20 Dec 2019: New director appointed: RICE, Elizabeth Charlotte Iris. Director change recorded on 20 Dec 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. - 8 Dec 2019: Cessation of Mrs Eleanor Rose Gifford as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Dec 2019. 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. - 8 Dec 2019: Director resigned: GIFFORD, Eleanor Rose. Director change recorded on 8 Dec 2019. 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. - 23 Jul 2018: New director appointed: MOLODTSOV, Irene. Director change recorded on 23 Jul 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 Jun 2018: New director appointed: JAMES, Guy Michael. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 4 Apr 2018: Director resigned: GIFFORD, Toti Edward. Director change recorded on 4 Apr 2018. 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 Mrs Eleanor Rose Gifford 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. - 7 Jan 2016: New director appointed: GIFFORD, Toti Edward. Director change recorded on 7 Jan 2016. 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. 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 Shires Entertainments Ltd T/A Giffords Circus ### Is Shires Entertainments Ltd T/A Giffords Circus a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Shires Entertainments Ltd T/A Giffords Circus in Stroud 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 Shires Entertainments Ltd T/A Giffords Circus sponsor? Shires Entertainments Ltd T/A Giffords Circus is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Shires Entertainments Ltd T/A Giffords Circus based? The register lists Shires Entertainments Ltd T/A Giffords Circus at 1 St Mary's Street, Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5HT. 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 06823414. 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/shires-entertainments-ltd-t-a-giffords-circus-stroud-717877 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/shires-entertainments-ltd-t-a-giffords-circus-stroud-717877.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.