--- title: "Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/williams-grand-prix-engineering-limited-grove-772386 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 --- # Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited (trading as williamsf1; Companies House 01297497; Grove) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 27 November 2020 (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: International Sportsperson; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 27 November 2020 - Trading as: williamsf1 - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Grove - Registered address: Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0DQ - Companies House number: 01297497 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01297497) - Website: https://www.williamsf1.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/williams-grand-prix-engineering-limited-grove-772386 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 1,456 International Sportsperson sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/international-sportsperson ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 13 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 29 Dec 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 29 Dec 2024. 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. - 21 Oct 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 21 Oct 2024. 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 Dec 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Dec 2023. 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 Nov 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 13 Nov 2023. 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. - 16 Oct 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 Oct 2023. 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. - 19 Jan 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Jan 2023. 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. - 9 Nov 2022: Director resigned: FULTZ, Darren Adam. Director change recorded on 9 Nov 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. - 27 Sep 2021: Secretary resigned: DATTILO, Stephanie Elvira. Company secretary change recorded on 27 Sep 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. - 27 Sep 2021: New secretary appointed: BIDDLE, Mark. Company secretary change recorded on 27 Sep 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. - 19 Feb 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Feb 2021. 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. - 30 Jan 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 30 Jan 2021. 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 Dec 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Dec 2020. 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. - 4 Dec 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Dec 2020. 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. 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 Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited ### Is Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited in Grove is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited sponsor? Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited based? The register lists Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited at Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0DQ. 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 01297497. 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/williams-grand-prix-engineering-limited-grove-772386 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/williams-grand-prix-engineering-limited-grove-772386.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.