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UK licensed sponsor · Burton Upon Trent · Professional and technical services
Socotec UK Limited
Socotec UK Limited, Burton Upon Trent, 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 Socotec UK Limited (02880501), active, incorporated in 1993 (33 years ago), registered for technical testing and analysis.
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Companies House
Who Socotec UK Limited actually is
- Company number
- 02880501
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 December 1993 · 33 years old
- What they do
71200Technical testing and analysis
- Previously
- Environmental Scientifics Group Limited (until 2017)
Environmental Services Group Limited (until 2010)
Tes Bretby Limited (until 1995)
Shelfco (no.911) Limited (until 1994) - Registered office
- Socotec House Bretby Business Park, Ashby Road, Bretby, Burton Upon Trent, DE15 0YZ
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.
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 Socotec UK Limited 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.
The register
Socotec UK Limited, Burton Upon Trent, holds a Home Office sponsor licence covering 2 routes: Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker. It has been on the register since at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is Socotec UK Limited (company number 02880501), a private limited company incorporated in 1993, 32 years ago. The registered office is at Socotec House Bretby Business Park, Ashby Road, Bretby, Burton Upon Trent, DE15 0YZ, DE15 0YZ. Its filed activity puts it in professional and technical services. It has traded under other names before, including Environmental Scientifics Group Limited, Environmental Services Group Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Socotec UK Limited the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.
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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 Socotec UK Limited, or somewhere like it?
Five fields, under a minute. We read every one. You never pay us anything, at any stage.
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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For candidates
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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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