--- title: "The Imagination Group Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-imagination-group-limited-london-744341 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 Imagination Group Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Imagination Group Limited (Companies House 01385613, London) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: London - Registered address: No.25 Store Street, South Crescent, London, WC1E 7BL - Companies House number: 01385613 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01385613) - Website: https://imagination.com/offices/london - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/imaginationgbl - 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-imagination-group-limited-london-744341 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - 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 54 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 12 Oct 2026: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 12 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 9 Nov 2026. - 18 Aug 2026: Cessation of South Crescent Trustees Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Aug 2026. 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. - 17 Oct 2025: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 17 Oct 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. - 9 Oct 2025: New person with significant control: Mr Patrick Scott Parkinson Reid. Change to people with significant control recorded on 9 Oct 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. - 31 Aug 2024: Director resigned: GRAY, Philomena Theresa. Director 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. - 31 Aug 2024: Director resigned: BAKER, Julian Rupert. Director 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. - 31 Aug 2024: Director resigned: BRUXNER-RANDALL, Simon Richard. Director 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. - 29 Aug 2024: Secretary resigned: KING, Robert Frederick. Company secretary 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. - 29 Aug 2024: New secretary appointed: KENNEDY, Henry Peter. Company secretary change recorded on 29 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. - 20 Aug 2024: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Aug 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. - 12 Feb 2024: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 12 Feb 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. - 26 Sep 2023: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 26 Sep 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. - 28 Apr 2022: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 28 Apr 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. - 20 Jan 2022: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 20 Jan 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. - 14 Dec 2021: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 14 Dec 2021. 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. - 2 Nov 2021: New director appointed: GRAY, Philomena Theresa. Director change recorded on 2 Nov 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. - 2 Nov 2021: New director appointed: BAKER, Julian Rupert. Director change recorded on 2 Nov 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. - 2 Nov 2021: New director appointed: GRAY, Thomas Robert. Director change recorded on 2 Nov 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. - 1 Sep 2021: New director appointed: CHAPPELL, Mark Stephen. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Director resigned: MURPHY, Matthew. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 9 Aug 2021: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 9 Aug 2021. 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. - 19 Jul 2021: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 19 Jul 2021. 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 Jul 2021: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 16 Jul 2021. 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 Jun 2021: Director resigned: MACKAY, Paul Christopher. Director change recorded on 21 Jun 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. - 21 Jun 2021: Director resigned: ADAMS, Richard Michael. Director change recorded on 21 Jun 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. - + 29 earlier changes on the web page 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 Imagination Group Limited ### Is The Imagination Group Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Imagination Group Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Imagination Group Limited sponsor? The Imagination Group 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 The Imagination Group Limited based? The register lists The Imagination Group Limited at No.25 Store Street, South Crescent, London, WC1E 7BL. 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 01385613. 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-imagination-group-limited-london-744341 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-imagination-group-limited-london-744341.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.