--- title: "Datascope Systems Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/datascope-systems-ltd-chester-683977 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 --- # Datascope Systems Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Datascope Systems Ltd (Companies House 07555682, Chester) 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 13 October 2013 (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: 13 October 2013 - Legal name: DATASCOPE SYSTEMS LIMITED - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Chester - Registered address: Access House Aviation Park, Flint Road, Saltney Ferry, Chester, CH4 0GZ - Companies House number: 07555682 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07555682) - Website: https://www.datascopesystems.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/datascope-systems-ltd - 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/datascope-systems-ltd-chester-683977 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 157 licensed sponsors in Chester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/chester - One of 15,391 in Technology & Software: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/technology-software - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 14 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 22 Jan 2020: Director resigned: BUTT, Colin Charles. Director change recorded on 22 Jan 2020. 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. - 9 Nov 2019: New secretary appointed: JONES, Samuel Wyndham. Company secretary change recorded on 9 Nov 2019. 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. - 7 Nov 2019: Director resigned: SLATER, Trevor Gordon. Director change recorded on 7 Nov 2019. 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. - 20 Mar 2019: New director appointed: HINDS, Robert. Director change recorded on 20 Mar 2019. 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. - 28 Mar 2018: Director resigned: BIBBY, Peter John. Director change recorded on 28 Mar 2018. 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. - 20 Mar 2018: Notification of Datascope (Holdings) Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 20 Mar 2018. 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. - 20 Mar 2018: Cessation of Mr Adrian Charles Butt as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Mar 2018. 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. - 20 Jan 2017: New director appointed: BUTT, Adrian Charles. Director change recorded on 20 Jan 2017. 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. - 21 Jul 2016: New director appointed: BUTT, Colin Charles. Director change recorded on 21 Jul 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Mr Adrian Charles Butt as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 12 Jan 2016: New director appointed: BIBBY, Peter John. Director change recorded on 12 Jan 2016. 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 Jan 2016: Director resigned: WOODGER, John. Director change recorded on 12 Jan 2016. 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. - 20 Jul 2015: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Jul 2015. 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 2013: New director appointed: SLATER, Trevor Gordon. Director change recorded on 27 Nov 2013. 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 Datascope Systems Ltd ### Is Datascope Systems Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Datascope Systems Ltd in Chester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Datascope Systems Ltd sponsor? Datascope Systems Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Datascope Systems Ltd based? The register lists Datascope Systems Ltd at Access House Aviation Park, Flint Road, Saltney Ferry, Chester, CH4 0GZ. 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 07555682. 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/datascope-systems-ltd-chester-683977 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/datascope-systems-ltd-chester-683977.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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