--- title: "The National Exhibition Centre Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-national-exhibition-centre-limited-birmingham-713173 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 National Exhibition Centre Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The National Exhibition Centre Limited (Birmingham) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Creative 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). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Birmingham - Companies House number: 00979395 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00979395) - Website: https://www.necgroup.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nec-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/the-national-exhibition-centre-limited-birmingham-713173 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 3,082 licensed sponsors in Birmingham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/birmingham - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 32 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 1 Jan 2026: New director appointed: GOODLUCK, Stephen. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: SMITH, Melanie Jane. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Jan 2024: Director resigned: WATSON, Kevin John. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 7 Dec 2023: New director appointed: SMITH, Melanie Jane. Director change recorded on 7 Dec 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. - 7 Dec 2023: Director resigned: THANDI, Paul (Pavandeep). Director change recorded on 7 Dec 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 Dec 2023: Director resigned: ASHTON, Richard John. Director change recorded on 7 Dec 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 Dec 2023: New director appointed: REEVE, Paul. Director change recorded on 7 Dec 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. - 31 Mar 2020: Director resigned: JAMES, Kathryn. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 5 Feb 2020: New director appointed: WATSON, Kevin John. Director change recorded on 5 Feb 2020. 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 Feb 2020: New director appointed: ERRINGTON, Paul Edward. Director change recorded on 5 Feb 2020. 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 Sep 2019: New director appointed: ASHTON, Richard John. Director change recorded on 17 Sep 2019. 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 Sep 2019: Director resigned: SANG, Russel. Director change recorded on 17 Sep 2019. 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. - 12 Jul 2019: New director appointed: SANG, Russel. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 2019. 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 Jul 2019: Director resigned: HORNBY, John Mark. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 2019. 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 May 2019: Secretary resigned: MARRIOTT, Edwin Keith. Company secretary change recorded on 7 May 2019. 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 May 2019: New secretary appointed: ERRINGTON, Paul Edward. Company secretary change recorded on 7 May 2019. 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 Oct 2018: New person with significant control: Mr Stephen A Schwarzman. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Oct 2018. 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. - 13 May 2016: Share capital filing. Share filing recorded on 13 May 2016, 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Nevada Bidco Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 29 Jun 2015: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 29 Jun 2015. 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 May 2015: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 28 May 2015. 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. - 1 May 2015: Director resigned: STACEY, Stewart Charles. Director change recorded on 1 May 2015. 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 May 2015: Director resigned: TRACEY, Eric Frank. Director change recorded on 1 May 2015. 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 May 2015: Director resigned: PRATT, John Hamilton. Director change recorded on 1 May 2015. 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 May 2015: Director resigned: WARD, Ian Antony, Councillor. Director change recorded on 1 May 2015. 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 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 National Exhibition Centre Limited ### Is The National Exhibition Centre Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The National Exhibition Centre Limited in Birmingham 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 National Exhibition Centre Limited sponsor? The National Exhibition Centre Limited is licensed for Creative Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The National Exhibition Centre Limited based? The register lists The National Exhibition Centre Limited at Birmingham. 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/the-national-exhibition-centre-limited-birmingham-713173 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-national-exhibition-centre-limited-birmingham-713173.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.