--- title: "Sonoco Cores & Paper Limited, trading as Sonoco Alcore: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sonoco-cores-and-paper-limited-trading-as-sonoco-alcore-jarrow-738237 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 --- # Sonoco Cores & Paper Limited, trading as Sonoco Alcore: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Sonoco Cores & Paper Limited, trading as Sonoco Alcore (Jarrow) 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 9 December 2021 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 9 December 2021 - Legal name: Sonoco Cores & Paper Limited - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Jarrow - Companies House number: 05133800 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05133800) - 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/sonoco-cores-and-paper-limited-trading-as-sonoco-alcore-jarrow-738237 ## Where this sponsor sits - 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: - 12 Feb 2026: Director resigned: WOOLLEY, Philip James. Director change recorded on 12 Feb 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. - 31 Mar 2025: Cessation of Mrs Helen Elizabeth Rees-Owst as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 1 Sep 2024: New secretary appointed: BAGGOTT, Samuel Tyler. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Sep 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 Aug 2024: Secretary resigned: PATEL, Muhammad Sadiq. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 30 Aug 2024: New director appointed: PATEL, Muhammad Sadiq. Director change recorded on 30 Aug 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. - 29 Aug 2024: Director resigned: REES-OWST, Helen Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 29 Aug 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. - 30 Jun 2023: Cessation of Mr Clayton Beck as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 30 Jun 2023: Director resigned: BECK, Clayton. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 16 Aug 2022: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 16 Aug 2022. 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 Sonoco Cores & Paper Limited, trading as Sonoco Alcore ### Is Sonoco Cores & Paper Limited, trading as Sonoco Alcore a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Sonoco Cores & Paper Limited, trading as Sonoco Alcore in Jarrow is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Sonoco Cores & Paper Limited, trading as Sonoco Alcore sponsor? Sonoco Cores & Paper Limited, trading as Sonoco Alcore is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Sonoco Cores & Paper Limited, trading as Sonoco Alcore based? The register lists Sonoco Cores & Paper Limited, trading as Sonoco Alcore at Jarrow. 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. 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/sonoco-cores-and-paper-limited-trading-as-sonoco-alcore-jarrow-738237 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sonoco-cores-and-paper-limited-trading-as-sonoco-alcore-jarrow-738237.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.