WAUK licensed sponsor · Durham, County Durham · IT, software and media
Waterstons Ltd
Waterstons Ltd, Durham, County Durham, 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 Waterstons Limited (03818424), active, incorporated in 1999 (27 years ago), registered for business and domestic software development.
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Companies House
Who Waterstons Ltd actually is
- Company number
- 03818424
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 August 1999 · 27 years old
- What they do
62012Business and domestic software development62020Information technology consultancy activities62030Computer facilities management activities62090Other information technology service activities
- Sector
- IT, software and media
- Previously
- Wilchap 121 Limited (until 1999)
- Registered office
- Liddon Court, Aykley Heads, Durham, DH1 5TS
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 Waterstons Ltd in Durham, County Durham as a licensed sponsor on Skilled Worker, an entry that goes back to at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is Waterstons Limited (company number 03818424), a private limited company incorporated in 1999, 27 years ago. The registered office is at Liddon Court, Aykley Heads, Durham, DH1 5TS, DH1 5TS. Its filed activity puts it in it, software and media. It has traded under other names before, including Wilchap 121 Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Waterstons Ltd 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 Waterstons Ltd 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.
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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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- 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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