--- title: "Design Research Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/design-research-limited-london-684683 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-02 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Design Research Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Design Research Limited (Companies House 04336773, London) 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 March 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: 13 March 2023 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: London - Registered address: The Coal Office 1 Bagley Walk, Kings Cross, London, United Kingdom, N1C 4PQ - Companies House number: 04336773 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04336773) - Website: https://www.tomdixon.net - Register data as of: 2 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/design-research-limited-london-684683 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,663 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 17,317 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,156 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 6 changes worth checking, checked 3 November 2026, newest first: - 9 Jan 2025: Director resigned: MITCHELL, Jamie Matthew. Director change recorded on 9 Jan 2025. 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. - 27 Jun 2024: Secretary resigned: TROTMAN, Michael Patrick Mayo. Company secretary change recorded on 27 Jun 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. - 27 Jun 2024: New director appointed: WILLIAMS, Nicola Rosemary Lucy. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 2024. 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. - 9 Oct 2023: New director appointed: JONES, Thomas Henry. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 2023. 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. - 24 Jul 2023: Director resigned: HOEGSTEDT, Hans. Director change recorded on 24 Jul 2023. 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. - 22 Jun 2023: New director appointed: MITCHELL, Jamie Matthew. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 2023. 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 Design Research Limited ### Is Design Research Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Design Research Limited in London 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 Design Research Limited sponsor? Design Research Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Design Research Limited based? The register lists Design Research Limited at The Coal Office 1 Bagley Walk, Kings Cross, London, United Kingdom, N1C 4PQ. 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 2 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 04336773. 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/design-research-limited-london-684683 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/design-research-limited-london-684683.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.