--- title: "Alba DeWatering Services Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/alba-dewatering-services-ltd-derby-791701 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 --- # Alba DeWatering Services Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Alba DeWatering Services Ltd (Companies House SC235431, Derby) 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 16 September 2021 (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: 16 September 2021 - Legal name: ALBA DEWATERING SERVICES LIMITED - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: Derby - Registered address: 4th Floor 115 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4JN - Companies House number: SC235431 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC235431) - Website: https://www.albadewatering.co.uk/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alba-dewatering-services-limited/ - 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/alba-dewatering-services-ltd-derby-791701 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 512 licensed sponsors in Derby: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/derby - One of 10,203 in Property & Construction: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/property-construction - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 12 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 22 Jun 2026: New director appointed: EARP, Tiffany. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 4 Nov 2025: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Nov 2025. 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. - 13 Mar 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 13 Mar 2024. 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. - 29 Jan 2024: Director resigned: TOWERS, Mark. Director change recorded on 29 Jan 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 28 Feb 2022: Notification of G.W.M.B. Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 28 Feb 2022. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 28 Feb 2022: Cessation of Mr Mark Anthony Baldwin as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 28 Feb 2022. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 28 Feb 2022: Cessation of Mr Glyn Whitelam as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 28 Feb 2022. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Nov 2021: New director appointed: TOWERS, Mark. Director change recorded on 12 Nov 2021. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Nov 2021: New director appointed: HOLLINSHEAD, David. Director change recorded on 12 Nov 2021. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 30 Sep 2021: New director appointed: COLLIER, Andrew. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2021. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 30 Sep 2021: New director appointed: GOODSON, Christopher. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2021. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 30 Sep 2021: New director appointed: TERZZA, Daniel. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2021. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, 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 Alba DeWatering Services Ltd ### Is Alba DeWatering Services Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Alba DeWatering Services Ltd in Derby is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Alba DeWatering Services Ltd sponsor? Alba DeWatering Services Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Alba DeWatering Services Ltd based? The register lists Alba DeWatering Services Ltd at 4th Floor 115 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4JN. 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 SC235431. 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/alba-dewatering-services-ltd-derby-791701 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/alba-dewatering-services-ltd-derby-791701.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.