--- title: "United Utilities PLC: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/united-utilities-plc-warrington-749132 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 --- # United Utilities PLC: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, United Utilities PLC (Companies House 02366616, Warrington) 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: Energy, Utilities & Sustainability - Town: Warrington - Registered address: Haweswater House, Lingley Mere Business Park, Lingley Green Avenue Great, Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LP - Companies House number: 02366616 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02366616) - Website: https://www.unitedutilities.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/united-utilities/ - 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/united-utilities-plc-warrington-749132 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 246 licensed sponsors in Warrington: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/warrington - One of 1,957 in Energy, Utilities & Sustainability: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/energy-utilities-sustainability - 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 10 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 26 Apr 2023: New director appointed: BEARDMORE, Louise. Director change recorded on 26 Apr 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 2023: Director resigned: MOGFORD, Steven Lewis. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 22 Jul 2022: Director resigned: BARON, Gary Lee. Director change recorded on 22 Jul 2022. 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. - 23 Nov 2020: New director appointed: BARON, Gary Lee. Director change recorded on 23 Nov 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. - 23 Nov 2020: New director appointed: MURPHY, Brendan Francis. Director change recorded on 23 Nov 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. - 23 Nov 2020: New director appointed: LEE, Robert James. Director change recorded on 23 Nov 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. - 24 Jul 2020: Director resigned: HOULDEN, John Russell. Director change recorded on 24 Jul 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. - 31 Aug 2019: Director resigned: FRASER, Steven Richard. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of United Utilities Group Plc 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. - 1 Oct 2013: New director appointed: FRASER, Steven Richard. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 2013. 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. 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 United Utilities PLC ### Is United Utilities PLC a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. United Utilities PLC in Warrington 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 United Utilities PLC sponsor? United Utilities PLC 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 United Utilities PLC based? The register lists United Utilities PLC at Haweswater House, Lingley Mere Business Park, Lingley Green Avenue Great, Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LP. 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 02366616. 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/united-utilities-plc-warrington-749132 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/united-utilities-plc-warrington-749132.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.