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UK licensed sponsor · London · Professional and technical services
Kingfisher PLC
Kingfisher PLC, London, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Kingfisher PLC (01664812), active, incorporated in 1982 (44 years ago), registered for activities of head offices.
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Companies House
Who Kingfisher PLC actually is
- Company number
- 01664812
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 September 1982 · 44 years old
- What they do
70100Activities of head offices
- Previously
- Woolworth Holdings PLC (until 1989)
Paternoster Stones Public Limited Company (until 1982) - Registered office
- 1 Paddington Square, London, W2 1GG
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 10 September 2026.
The register
The register lists Kingfisher PLC in London as a licensed sponsor on Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, 2 routes in all, and has done since at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Kingfisher PLC, number 01664812, incorporated 1982: 44 years of filings behind the name. Registered office: 1 Paddington Square, London, W2 1GG, W2 1GG. Its filed activity puts it in professional and technical services. It has traded under other names before, including Woolworth Holdings PLC, Paternoster Stones Public Limited Company.
For a candidate this means one less obstacle: Kingfisher PLC already has the licence most employers would have to apply for. The rest is the ordinary job of getting the interview.
What a licence means
The slow part is done
Getting a licence takes an application, checks and a fee, and most employers never bother. Kingfisher PLC has, which means when a role qualifies the certificate can be assigned without months of preparation.
How to approach them
Lead with the role, not the visa
Apply through the careers page or the job boards with a UK-style CV, say early that you would need sponsorship, and make the skill and the years the first thing they read.
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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 Kingfisher 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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