CIUK licensed sponsor · Dorchester, Dorset · Manufacturing and engineering
Cygnus Instruments Limited
Cygnus Instruments Limited, Dorchester, Dorset, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Cygnus Instruments Limited (01699180), active, incorporated in 1983 (43 years ago), registered for manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control.
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Companies House
Who Cygnus Instruments Limited actually is
- Company number
- 01699180
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 February 1983 · 43 years old
- What they do
26511Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control
- Previously
- Laurelshield Limited (until 1983)
- Registered office
- 30 Prince Of Wales Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1PW
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 9 September 2026.
What a licence means
The slow part is done
Getting a licence takes an application, checks and a fee, and most employers never bother. Cygnus Instruments Limited has, which means when a role qualifies the certificate can be assigned without months of preparation.
How to approach them
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If Cygnus Instruments Limited is the kind of employer you want, register with us. We supply trade tested candidates to UK sponsors and the introduction arrives with the test result.
In their own words
What Cygnus Instruments does
Cygnus Instruments is the No.1 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge manufacturer and supplier offering its services globally. Cygnus Instruments is the No.1 Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge manufacturer and supplier offering its services globally.
From cygnus-instruments.com, the company's own site, read October 2026. Their words, not ours.
The register
Cygnus Instruments Limited, Dorchester, Dorset, holds a Home Office sponsor licence on the Skilled Worker route, and has been on the register since at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Cygnus Instruments Limited, number 01699180, incorporated 1983: 43 years of filings behind the name. Registered office: 30 Prince Of Wales Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1PW, DT1 1PW. By its SIC codes the business is in manufacturing and engineering. It has traded under other names before, including Laurelshield Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Cygnus Instruments Limited 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.
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For employers
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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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