OSUK licensed sponsor · Portishead, North Somerset · Transport and logistics
Osprey Shipping Limited
Osprey Shipping Limited, Portishead, North Somerset, 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 Osprey Shipping Limited (01440983), active, incorporated in 1979 (47 years ago), registered for sea and coastal freight water transport.
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Companies House
Who Osprey Shipping Limited actually is
- Company number
- 01440983
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 August 1979 · 47 years old
- What they do
50200Sea and coastal freight water transport
- Sector
- Transport and logistics
- Previously
- Whitwill, Cole & Company (agency) Limited (until 1996)
Idlelime Limited (until 1980) - Registered office
- No 2 Portis Fields Bristol Road, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 6PN
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
Osprey Shipping Limited, Portishead, North Somerset, 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 Osprey Shipping Limited, number 01440983, incorporated 1979: 47 years of filings behind the name. The registered office is at No 2 Portis Fields Bristol Road, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 6PN, BS20 6PN. Its filed activity puts it in transport and logistics. It has traded under other names before, including Whitwill, Cole & Company (agency) Limited, Idlelime Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Osprey Shipping Limited the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.
What a licence means
Licensed, checked, on the list
The Home Office lists Osprey Shipping Limited because it applied, was checked and continues to meet its sponsor duties. Whether a given job qualifies still depends on the role and the pay under the current rules.
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.
In their own words
What Osprey Shipping does
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From osprey-eu.org, the company's own site, read October 2026. Their words, not ours.
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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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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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