--- title: "1177 Retail Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/1177-retail-limited-portsmouth-787408 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # 1177 Retail Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, 1177 Retail Limited (Companies House 13465165, Portsmouth) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 18 April 2023 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 18 April 2023 - Legal name: 1177 RETAIL LTD - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Portsmouth - Registered address: C/O Ramar Accounting Services Ltd Church House, 94 Felpham Road, Felpham, West Sussex, United Kingdom, PO22 7PG - Companies House number: 13465165 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13465165) - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/1177-retail-limited-portsmouth-787408 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 254 licensed sponsors in Portsmouth: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/portsmouth - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 5 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 21 Dec 2023: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 21 Dec 2023. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 20 Dec 2023: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 20 Dec 2023. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 6 Dec 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Dec 2023. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 27 Nov 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 27 Nov 2023. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 11 May 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 11 May 2023. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about 1177 Retail Limited ### Is 1177 Retail Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. 1177 Retail Limited in Portsmouth is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can 1177 Retail Limited sponsor? 1177 Retail Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is 1177 Retail Limited based? The register lists 1177 Retail Limited at C/O Ramar Accounting Services Ltd Church House, 94 Felpham Road, Felpham, West Sussex, United Kingdom, PO22 7PG. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 13465165. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/1177-retail-limited-portsmouth-787408 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/1177-retail-limited-portsmouth-787408.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.