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UK licensed sponsor · London · Manufacturing
Kao (UK) Limited
Kao (UK) Limited, London, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Kao (UK) Limited (04471658), active, incorporated in 2002 (24 years ago), registered for manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations.
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Companies House
Who Kao (UK) Limited actually is
- Company number
- 04471658
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 June 2002 · 24 years old
- What they do
20420Manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations
- Sector
- Manufacturing
- Previously
- Kao Brands Europe Limited (until 2012)
John Frieda UK Limited (until 2004)
3288TH Single Member Shelf Trading Company Limited (until 2002) - Registered office
- 21 Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2DY
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 13 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. Kao (UK) Limited has, which means when a role qualifies the certificate can be assigned without months of preparation.
How to approach them
Make the certificate easy
The employer assigns the certificate; you supply what it needs. Certificates, references, your English level and a clear licence position, all ready, is what makes Kao (UK) Limited say yes to the sponsored candidate over the unsponsored one.
The register
Kao (UK) Limited, London, holds a Home Office sponsor licence covering 2 routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. It has been on the register since at least 2026. Its rating on the register is Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Kao (UK) Limited, number 04471658, incorporated 2002: 24 years of filings behind the name. Registered office: 21 Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2DY, EC1A 2DY. By its SIC codes the business is in manufacturing. It has traded under other names before, including Kao Brands Europe Limited, John Frieda UK Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Kao (UK) Limited the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.
Nearby
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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 Kao (UK) Limited, 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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