--- title: "Welsh National Opera Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/welsh-national-opera-limited-cardiff-772623 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 --- # Welsh National Opera Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Welsh National Opera Limited (Companies House 00454297, Cardiff) 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 and Companies House). ## 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 - Also known as: WNO - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Cardiff - Registered address: Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF10 5AL - Companies House number: 00454297 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00454297) - Website: https://wno.org.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/welsh-national-opera/ - 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/welsh-national-opera-limited-cardiff-772623 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 623 licensed sponsors in Cardiff: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cardiff - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - 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 69 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 20 Oct 2025: Director resigned: RICHARDS, Aileen Verity. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2025: Director resigned: AMERY, Nicola Clare. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2025: New director appointed: HEMSLEY-COLE, Sarah. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 2025. 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 Oct 2025: New director appointed: MITCHELL, Louise Catherine. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 2025. 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 Oct 2025: Director resigned: VAUGHAN JONES, Yvette Anne. Director change recorded on 7 Oct 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. - 2 Jan 2025: Cessation of Mr Jan Michaelis as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 2 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2025: New person with significant control: Ms Adele Thomas. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2025: Cessation of Ms Adele Thomas as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2025: New person with significant control: Ms Sarah Elizabeth Anne Crabtree. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2025: Cessation of Ms Sarah Elizabeth Anne Crabtree as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Oct 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Jan Michaelis. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Oct 2024. 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. - 30 Sep 2024: Secretary resigned: BRADLEY, Stephanie Myra. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 30 Sep 2024: New secretary appointed: FEILDING, Harriet. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 27 Sep 2024: Cessation of Mr Christopher Barron as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 27 Sep 2024. 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. - 26 Feb 2024: Director resigned: RYAN, Martyn. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 8 Jan 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Christopher Barron. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Jan 2024. 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 Dec 2023: Cessation of Mr Aidan Lang as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Dec 2023. 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. - 18 Dec 2023: New director appointed: MAXWELL, Donald. Director change recorded on 18 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 Oct 2023: New director appointed: FEILDING, Harriet. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 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. - 30 Oct 2023: New director appointed: MAN, Kenon. Director change recorded on 30 Oct 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. - 30 Oct 2023: New director appointed: JONES, Gerallt Pritchard. Director change recorded on 30 Oct 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. - 30 Oct 2023: New director appointed: HUGHES, Paul Michael. Director change recorded on 30 Oct 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. - 24 Oct 2023: Director resigned: JONES, Samuel Barnaby. Director change recorded on 24 Oct 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. - 23 Oct 2023: Director resigned: BERRY, Lynne. Director change recorded on 23 Oct 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. - 21 Oct 2023: Director resigned: BHARUCHA, Chitra, Dr. Director change recorded on 21 Oct 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. - + 44 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 Welsh National Opera Limited ### Is Welsh National Opera Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Welsh National Opera Limited in Cardiff 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 Welsh National Opera Limited sponsor? Welsh National Opera Limited is licensed for Creative Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Welsh National Opera Limited based? The register lists Welsh National Opera Limited at Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, CF10 5AL. 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 00454297. 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/welsh-national-opera-limited-cardiff-772623 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/welsh-national-opera-limited-cardiff-772623.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.