--- title: "Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/virgin-atlantic-airways-ltd-crawley-768021 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 --- # Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd (trading as VIRGIN AIRWAYS; Companies House 01600117; Crawley) 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 - Trading as: VIRGIN AIRWAYS - Legal name: VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS LIMITED - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: Crawley - Registered address: Company Secretariat - The Vhq, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom, RH10 9DF - Companies House number: 01600117 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01600117) - Website: https://www.virginatlantic.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/virgin-atlantic-airways-ltd-crawley-768021 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 231 licensed sponsors in Crawley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/crawley - One of 6,274 in Travel, Transport & Mobility: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/travel-transport-mobility - 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 48 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 15 Oct 2026: New director appointed: MCCORD, Richard Matthew. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 12 Nov 2026. - 15 Oct 2026: New director appointed: HEINEMANN, Klaus Walter Willi. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 12 Nov 2026. - 14 Oct 2026: Director resigned: WOODMANSEE, Rebecca. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 11 Nov 2026. - 14 Oct 2026: Director resigned: HUSSAIN, Ansar. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 11 Nov 2026. - 14 Oct 2026: Director resigned: ENE MURPHY, Andreea. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 11 Nov 2026. - 31 May 2026: Director resigned: NORRIS, Peter Michael Russell. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 1 Apr 2026: New secretary appointed: BRISTOLL, Kelly. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Apr 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 Mar 2026: Secretary resigned: HOMERSTONE, Julian. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 1 Jan 2026: New director appointed: WOODMANSEE, Rebecca. 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. - 1 Jan 2026: New director appointed: HUSSAIN, Ansar. 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: BYERS, Oliver Mark. 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 Dec 2025: Director resigned: WEISS, Shai Joseph. 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. - 10 May 2025: Director resigned: BENNETT, Christopher John. Director change recorded on 10 May 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 Dec 2024: New director appointed: BAYLISS, Joshua. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 31 Dec 2024: New director appointed: HOROUFCHIN, Hirad. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 1 Apr 2024: New director appointed: BENNETT, Christopher John. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 8 Jun 2022: New director appointed: ENE MURPHY, Andreea. Director change recorded on 8 Jun 2022. 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. - 8 Jun 2022: Director resigned: JAMES, Dwight Lamar. Director change recorded on 8 Jun 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. - 8 Jun 2022: Director resigned: MCCALLUM, Gordon Douglas. Director change recorded on 8 Jun 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. - 6 May 2022: Director resigned: HAUENSTEIN, Glen William. Director change recorded on 6 May 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. - 6 May 2022: New director appointed: CARTER, Peter William. Director change recorded on 6 May 2022. 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. - 11 Feb 2021: Director resigned: SEAR, Steve. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 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. - 11 Feb 2021: New director appointed: BELLEMARE, Alain. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 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. - 20 Jan 2021: Director resigned: WOODS, Ian Philip. Director change recorded on 20 Jan 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. - 20 Jan 2021: New director appointed: BRAMBILLA, Luigi. Director change recorded on 20 Jan 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. - + 23 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 Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd ### Is Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd in Crawley 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 Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd sponsor? Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd 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 Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd based? The register lists Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd at Company Secretariat - The Vhq, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom, RH10 9DF. 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 01600117. 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/virgin-atlantic-airways-ltd-crawley-768021 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/virgin-atlantic-airways-ltd-crawley-768021.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.