--- title: "Victrex plc: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/victrex-plc-thornton-cleveleys-750144 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 --- # Victrex plc: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Victrex plc (Companies House 02793780, Thornton Cleveleys) 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 10 June 2021 (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: 10 June 2021 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Thornton Cleveleys - Registered address: Victrex Technology Centre, Hillhouse International, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 4QD - Companies House number: 02793780 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02793780) - Website: https://www.victrex.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/victrex - 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/victrex-plc-thornton-cleveleys-750144 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 19 licensed sponsors in Thornton-Cleveleys: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/thornton-cleveleys - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 81 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 21 Sep 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 21 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2026: New director appointed: ANTONIOU, Maria. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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 Aug 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 27 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. - 1 Aug 2026: New secretary appointed: THORNTON, Kerry. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Aug 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 Jul 2026: Director resigned: MELLING, Ian Clifford. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Jul 2026: Secretary resigned: BRISLEY, Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 31 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. - 20 Jul 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 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. - 3 Jul 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 3 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. - 29 Jun 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 29 Jun 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. - 22 May 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 May 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 May 2026: Director resigned: THOMAS, David. Director change recorded on 15 May 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. - 29 Apr 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 29 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. - 27 Mar 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 27 Mar 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. - 1 Mar 2026: New director appointed: KIERNAN, Peter Anthony. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 23 Feb 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 23 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. - 6 Feb 2026: Director resigned: SIGURDSSON, Jakob Oskar. Director change recorded on 6 Feb 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. - 16 Jan 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2026: New director appointed: ROUTH, James Mathew. 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. - 24 Dec 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 24 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. - 27 Mar 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 27 Mar 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. - 20 Mar 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Mar 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. - 13 Mar 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 13 Mar 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. - 7 Mar 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Mar 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. - 7 Feb 2025: Director resigned: TOOGOOD, Jane Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 7 Feb 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. - 1 May 2024: New director appointed: RICHARDSON, Urmi Prasad. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. - + 56 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 Victrex plc ### Is Victrex plc a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Victrex plc in Thornton Cleveleys is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Victrex plc sponsor? Victrex plc is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Victrex plc based? The register lists Victrex plc at Victrex Technology Centre, Hillhouse International, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 4QD. 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 02793780. 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/victrex-plc-thornton-cleveleys-750144 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/victrex-plc-thornton-cleveleys-750144.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.