--- title: "Sir Richard Sutton Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sir-richard-sutton-limited-london-736162 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 --- # Sir Richard Sutton Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Sir Richard Sutton Limited (Companies House 00346359, London) 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 28 April 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: 28 April 2023 - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: London - Registered address: Regent House, 41 Great Pulteney Street, London, England, W1F 9NZ - Companies House number: 00346359 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00346359) - Website: http://www.sutton-estates.co.uk - 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/sir-richard-sutton-limited-london-736162 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 10,203 in Property & Construction: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/property-construction - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 16 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 17 Sep 2026: Company name changed, now trading as "SUTTON 1079 LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 17 Sep 2026. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Apr 2026: New director appointed: PARKER, Timothy Nicholas Blake. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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: CARSWELL, Robert James Stewart. 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. - 1 Jan 2025: New director appointed: PATEL, Sanjay. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 28 Oct 2024: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 28 Oct 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. - 24 Oct 2024: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 24 Oct 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. - 31 Mar 2024: Director resigned: BAYLIS, Chris William. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2024: Director resigned: GIBBS, William Anthony. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 12 Mar 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 12 Mar 2024. 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 Mar 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 11 Mar 2024. 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. - 1 Dec 2023: Notification of Alistair William Darby as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 1 Dec 2023: Cessation of Christopher Nigel Barrington Lacey as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 1 Dec 2023: Director resigned: LACEY, Christopher Nigel Barrington. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 1 Dec 2023: New director appointed: DARBY, Alistair William. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 31 Jul 2023: Director resigned: WHITE, Robert Glanville. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 26 May 2023: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 26 May 2023. 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. 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 Sir Richard Sutton Limited ### Is Sir Richard Sutton Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Sir Richard Sutton Limited in London 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 Sir Richard Sutton Limited sponsor? Sir Richard Sutton Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Sir Richard Sutton Limited based? The register lists Sir Richard Sutton Limited at Regent House, 41 Great Pulteney Street, London, England, W1F 9NZ. 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 00346359. 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/sir-richard-sutton-limited-london-736162 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sir-richard-sutton-limited-london-736162.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.