--- title: "Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/southampton-isle-of-wight-and-south-of-england-royal-mail-steam-packet-company-737861 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 --- # Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited (trading as Red Funnel; Southampton) 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 30 December 2020 (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: 30 December 2020 - Trading as: Red Funnel - Legal name: SOUTHAMPTON ISLE OF WIGHT AND SOUTH OF ENGLAND ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY LIMITED - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: Southampton - Companies House number: 00002404 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00002404) - Website: https://www.redfunnel.co.uk/en/corporate-info/about-red-funnel/red-funnel-history/ - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/red-funnel-group - 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/southampton-isle-of-wight-and-south-of-england-royal-mail-steam-packet-company-737861 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 573 licensed sponsors in Southampton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/southampton - One of 6,274 in Travel, Transport & Mobility: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/travel-transport-mobility - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 15 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 18 Jun 2026: New director appointed: HARRISON, Joanne Claire. Director change recorded on 18 Jun 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. - 5 Jan 2026: New director appointed: CHAPMAN, Neil. Director change recorded on 5 Jan 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. - 8 Dec 2025: Director resigned: RIDGWAY, Stephen Blakeney. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 8 Dec 2025: New director appointed: MCLEAN, Oscar John Sinclair. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 8 Dec 2025: New director appointed: DURSTON, Thomas John Angus. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 1 Mar 2025: Director resigned: LAKES, Leanna Mary. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 28 Feb 2024: Director resigned: WILSON, Edward Arthur. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 28 Feb 2024: Director resigned: DAYEMBAYEV, Dauren. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 28 Feb 2024: Director resigned: HAZELWOOD, Charles John Gore. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 10 Nov 2023: Director resigned: BARNETSON, Graham. Director change recorded on 10 Nov 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. - 28 Sep 2023: New director appointed: DAYEMBAYEV, Dauren. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 28 Sep 2023: Director resigned: SIMS, Polina. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 7 Jul 2021: New director appointed: RIDGWAY, Stephen Blakeney. Director change recorded on 7 Jul 2021. 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. - 7 Jul 2021: Director resigned: GEORGE, Kevin Alan. Director change recorded on 7 Jul 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. - 6 Mar 2021: Director resigned: SIBLEY, Christopher Frank, Mr.. Director change recorded on 6 Mar 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. 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 Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited ### Is Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited in Southampton is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited sponsor? Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited based? The register lists Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited at Southampton. 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/southampton-isle-of-wight-and-south-of-england-royal-mail-steam-packet-company-737861 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/southampton-isle-of-wight-and-south-of-england-royal-mail-steam-packet-company-737861.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.