--- title: "Switch Mobility Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/switch-mobility-limited-rotherham-742531 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 --- # Switch Mobility Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Switch Mobility Limited (trading as Optare; Companies House 01818255; Rotherham) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 19 September 2025 (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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 19 September 2025 - Trading as: Optare - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Rotherham - Registered address: Unit 3 Hurricane Way South, Sherburn In Elmet, Leeds, North Yorkshire, LS25 6PT - Companies House number: 01818255 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01818255) - Website: https://www.optare.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/optare-plc/ - 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/switch-mobility-limited-rotherham-742531 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 183 licensed sponsors in Rotherham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/rotherham - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 15 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Aug 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Aug 2026. 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. - 15 Jul 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Jul 2026. 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. - 14 Apr 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 14 Apr 2026. 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. - 23 Mar 2026: Director resigned: HINDUJA, Dheeraj Gopichand. Director change recorded on 23 Mar 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. - 25 Feb 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Feb 2026. 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. - 16 Feb 2026: New director appointed: JONES, Paul Robert, Mr.. Director change recorded on 16 Feb 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. - 16 Feb 2026: New director appointed: SHANMUGA, Sundaram Ganeshmani, Mr.. Director change recorded on 16 Feb 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. - 16 Feb 2026: New director appointed: PERIYAKARUPPAN, Alagusundaram, Mr.. Director change recorded on 16 Feb 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. - 1 Jan 2026: Director resigned: MOORE, Diane Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2026: Director resigned: SUMANTRAN, Venkataramani. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2026: Director resigned: HINDUJA, Shom Ashok. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2026: Director resigned: AGARWAL, Shenu. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2026: Director resigned: BRUNOL, Jean Antoine. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 2 Dec 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 2 Dec 2025. 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. - 29 Sep 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 29 Sep 2025. 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. 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 0 live vacancies tracked for this employer (1 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Technical Engineer · Waterglade Industrial Park, West Thurrock · £43,933 · expired · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/land/ad/5843949807?se=ygP0Sces8RGWcflm5efHVQ&utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3&v=BB00C7F6E5ACA2FCB9592F00C959974A42608DB2 A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Switch Mobility Limited ### Is Switch Mobility Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Switch Mobility Limited in Rotherham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Switch Mobility Limited sponsor? Switch Mobility Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Switch Mobility Limited based? The register lists Switch Mobility Limited at Unit 3 Hurricane Way South, Sherburn In Elmet, Leeds, North Yorkshire, LS25 6PT. 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 01818255. 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/switch-mobility-limited-rotherham-742531 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/switch-mobility-limited-rotherham-742531.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.