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UK licensed sponsor · London · Professional and technical services
Nesta
Nesta, 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 Nesta (07706036), active, incorporated in 2011 (15 years ago), registered for research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities.
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Companies House
Who Nesta actually is
- Company number
- 07706036
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 15 July 2011 · 15 years old
- What they do
72200Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities
- Previously
- Nesta Operating Company (until 2013)
- Registered office
- 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DS
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 Nesta in London as a licensed sponsor on Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled 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 Nesta, number 07706036, incorporated 2011: 15 years of filings behind the name. Registered office: 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DS, EC4Y 0DS. By its SIC codes the business is in professional and technical services. It has traded under other names before, including Nesta Operating Company.
For a candidate this means one less obstacle: Nesta 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. Nesta has, which means when a role qualifies the certificate can be assigned without months of preparation.
How to approach them
Or come through us
If Nesta 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.
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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 Nesta, 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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