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UK licensed sponsor · Milton Keynes · Professional and technical services
Essentra plc
Essentra plc, Milton Keynes, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Essentra PLC (05444653), active, incorporated in 2005 (21 years ago), registered for activities of head offices.
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Companies House
Who Essentra plc actually is
- Company number
- 05444653
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 May 2005 · 21 years old
- What they do
70100Activities of head offices
- Previously
- Filtrona PLC (until 2013)
- Registered office
- Langford Locks, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1HX
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 11 September 2026.
What a licence means
Licensed, checked, on the list
The Home Office lists Essentra plc because it applied, was checked and continues to meet its sponsor duties. Whether a given job qualifies still depends on the role and the pay under the current rules.
How to approach them
Ask the question early
Sponsorship is a yes or no per role. Ask in the first message whether the vacancy qualifies for a Certificate of Sponsorship; it saves everyone a wasted interview and marks you as someone who knows the system.
The register
The register lists Essentra plc in Milton Keynes as a licensed sponsor on Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee and Skilled Worker, 3 routes in all, and has done since at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating), Temporary Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Essentra PLC, number 05444653, incorporated 2005: 21 years of filings behind the name. The registered office is at Langford Locks, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1HX, OX5 1HX. Its filed activity puts it in professional and technical services. It has traded under other names before, including Filtrona PLC.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Essentra plc the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.
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For candidates
What you need to work here
- A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
- A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
- A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.
Register with Sama
Want to work for Essentra plc, or somewhere like it?
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For employers
Using your sponsor licence again soon?
Next time you are recruiting, talk to us first. We supply trade tested drivers, mechanics, welders and fitters, can organise a trip to see candidates tested at our centres, and handle the Certificate of Sponsorship paperwork with you.
- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Trade tested before you see them, not after.
- Nothing is ever charged to the candidate.
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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.
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