NOUK licensed sponsor · Southampton, Hampshire · Professional and technical services
National Oceanography Centre
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Hampshire, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as National Oceanography Centre (11444362), active, incorporated in 2018 (8 years ago), registered for other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering.
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Companies House
Who National Oceanography Centre actually is
- Company number
- 11444362
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 2 July 2018 · 8 years old
- What they do
72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
- Registered office
- National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH
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 National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, Hampshire as a licensed sponsor on Government Authorised Exchange and Skilled Worker, 2 routes in all, and has done since at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as National Oceanography Centre, number 11444362, incorporated 2018: 8 years of filings behind the name. The registered office is at National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, SO14 3ZH. Its filed activity puts it in professional and technical services.
What the licence tells a candidate is that the door is not locked. Whether it is open this month is a question for National Oceanography Centre's own careers page and the job boards, and the answer changes with the season and the order book.
In their own words
What National Oceanography Centre does
The National Oceanography Centre exists to deepen our understanding of the ocean in order to address some of the most urgent environmental and societal challenges of our time. NOC exists to deepen our understanding of the ocean in order to address some of the most urgent environmental and societal challenges of our tim
From noc.ac.uk, the company's own site, read October 2026. Their words, not ours.
What a licence means
They can sponsor. That is all it says.
A sponsor licence lets an organisation assign a Certificate of Sponsorship to a worker on the routes it covers. It does not mean National Oceanography Centre is hiring from abroad this month, only that it can, and has been checked by the Home Office to do so.
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.
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Want to work for National Oceanography Centre, 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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