--- title: "The Alternative Parcels Company Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-alternative-parcels-company-ltd-cannock-768716 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 --- # The Alternative Parcels Company Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Alternative Parcels Company Ltd (trading as APC OVERNIGHT; Companies House 02855735; Cannock) 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 20 June 2016 (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: 20 June 2016 - Trading as: APC OVERNIGHT - Legal name: THE ALTERNATIVE PARCELS COMPANY LIMITED - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: Cannock - Registered address: National Sortation Centre Blakeney Way, Kingswood Lakeside, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 8LD - Companies House number: 02855735 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02855735) - Website: https://apc-overnight.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/the-alternative-parcels-company-ltd-cannock-768716 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 62 licensed sponsors in Cannock: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cannock - 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 24 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 3 Sep 2026: Director resigned: FLETCHER, Mark Robert. Director change recorded on 3 Sep 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. - 20 Jul 2026: New director appointed: WHITMORE, David Lee. Director change recorded on 20 Jul 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. - 20 Jul 2026: New director appointed: STAIRS, Carl Eric. Director change recorded on 20 Jul 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. - 17 Jul 2026: Director resigned: TAYLOR, Andrew Joseph. Director change recorded on 17 Jul 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. - 27 Jan 2026: New director appointed: CRITCHLOW, David John. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 27 Jan 2026: New director appointed: MCINTYRE, Graeme. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 27 Jan 2026: New director appointed: EVANS, Andrew Forrester. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 17 Jan 2026: Director resigned: RANN, Colin James. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 18 Jul 2025: Director resigned: SMITH, Jonathan Mark. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 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. - 18 Jul 2025: Secretary resigned: FLETCHER, Mark Robert. Company secretary change recorded on 18 Jul 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. - 18 Jul 2025: New director appointed: STOBART, William. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 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 Sep 2020: Director resigned: EVANS, Andrew Forrester. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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 Sep 2020: Director resigned: LERIN, Margarita Claire. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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 Sep 2020: Director resigned: BARBER, Jonathan James. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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 Sep 2020: Director resigned: CUSWORTH, Nicholas John. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 30 Jun 2020: Director resigned: CLEMENTS, Tim Peter. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 9 Mar 2020: Class of shares re-designated. Share filing recorded on 9 Mar 2020, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 3 Mar 2020: Notification of The Alternative Parcels Company Bidco Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 3 Mar 2020. 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 Jun 2018: New director appointed: LERIN, Margarita Claire. 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. - 22 May 2018: Director resigned: GEE, Kerry Ann. Director change recorded on 22 May 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. - 1 Aug 2017: New director appointed: GEE, Kerry Ann. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 2017. 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. - 12 Jun 2017: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 12 Jun 2017. 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. - 21 May 2017: Director resigned: GEE, Philip Stephen. Director change recorded on 21 May 2017. 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. - 11 Jan 2017: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 11 Jan 2017. 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 The Alternative Parcels Company Ltd ### Is The Alternative Parcels Company Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Alternative Parcels Company Ltd in Cannock is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Alternative Parcels Company Ltd sponsor? The Alternative Parcels Company Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Alternative Parcels Company Ltd based? The register lists The Alternative Parcels Company Ltd at National Sortation Centre Blakeney Way, Kingswood Lakeside, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 8LD. 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 02855735. 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/the-alternative-parcels-company-ltd-cannock-768716 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-alternative-parcels-company-ltd-cannock-768716.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.