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UK licensed sponsor · Portsmouth · Transport and logistics
Wightlink Ltd
Wightlink Ltd, Portsmouth, 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 Wightlink Limited (01059267), active, incorporated in 1972 (54 years ago), registered for sea and coastal passenger water transport.
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Companies House
Who Wightlink Ltd actually is
- Company number
- 01059267
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 June 1972 · 54 years old
- What they do
50100Sea and coastal passenger water transport50200Sea and coastal freight water transport
- Sector
- Transport and logistics
- Previously
- Passro(shipping)co.limited (until 1990)
- Registered office
- Gunwharf Terminal, Gunwharf Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2LA
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 9 September 2026.
The register
Wightlink Ltd, Portsmouth, holds a Home Office sponsor licence on the Skilled Worker route, and has been on the register since at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is Wightlink Limited (company number 01059267), a private limited company incorporated in 1972, 54 years ago. Registered office: Gunwharf Terminal, Gunwharf Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2LA, PO1 2LA. By its SIC codes the business is in transport and logistics. It has traded under other names before, including Passro(shipping)co.limited.
For a candidate this means one less obstacle: Wightlink Ltd 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. Wightlink Ltd has, which means when a role qualifies the certificate can be assigned without months of preparation.
How to approach them
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If Wightlink Ltd 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.
Nearby
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- Rapid Freight Forwarding LtdCorby
- Gt Transport Services (UK) LtdGreenford
- ASR Worldwide LimitedUxbridge
- The TardebiggeRedditch
- RightShip UK LtdLondon
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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