--- title: "Digital Media Services UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/digital-media-services-uk-ltd-london-685198 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 --- # Digital Media Services UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Digital Media Services UK Ltd (trading as DMS; Companies House 04548761; 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 at least 4 August 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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: DMS - Legal name: DIGITAL MEDIA SERVICES UK LIMITED - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: London - Registered address: 115 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8AF - Companies House number: 04548761 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04548761) - Website: https://www.dmsukltd.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dmsukltd - 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/digital-media-services-uk-ltd-london-685198 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 27 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 14 Sep 2026: Director resigned: HURRELL, Nicholas Richard. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 2026. 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. - 14 Sep 2026: New director appointed: SHEPHERD, Duncan Graham James. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 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. - 14 Sep 2026: New director appointed: MCDONALD, Robin Hunter. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 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. - 28 Feb 2025: Director resigned: BRIGGS, Simon Graham. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Secretary resigned: SHAH, Rahul. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 14 May 2024: New person with significant control: Aka Group Limited. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 May 2024. 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. - 14 May 2024: Cessation of Mr Simon Graham Briggs as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 May 2024. 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. - 14 May 2024: Cessation of International Entertainment Investments Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 May 2024. 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. - 1 Oct 2021: New director appointed: HURRELL, Nicholas Richard. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 1 Oct 2021: New director appointed: LOW, Jamie Ross. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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: Cessation of Mrs Kathryn Turnbull as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Sep 2021. 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. - 30 Sep 2021: Director resigned: TURNBULL, Kathryn Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2021. 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. - 30 Jun 2020: Cessation of Mr Stephen James Watford as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Jun 2020. 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. - 30 Jun 2020: Director resigned: WATFORD, Stephen James. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 14 Sep 2016: New secretary appointed: SHAH, Rahul. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Sep 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. - 1 Aug 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Simon Graham Briggs. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Aug 2016. 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. - 1 Aug 2016: Notification of Mrs Kathryn Turnbull as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Stephen James Watford. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Aug 2016. 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. - 1 Aug 2016: New director appointed: BRIGGS, Simon Graham. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2016: New director appointed: WATFORD, Stephen James. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2016: Director resigned: THOMSON, Robert Peter. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2016: Director resigned: KENWRIGHT, Adam Lee. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2016: Director resigned: LE COZ, Amy Filter. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 14 Apr 2016: Notification of International Entertainment Investments Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 14 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. - 21 Jan 2014: New director appointed: TURNBULL, Kathryn Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 2014. 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. - + 2 earlier changes on the web page 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 Digital Media Services UK Ltd ### Is Digital Media Services UK Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Digital Media Services UK Ltd in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Digital Media Services UK Ltd sponsor? Digital Media Services UK Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Digital Media Services UK Ltd based? The register lists Digital Media Services UK Ltd at 115 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8AF. 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 04548761. 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/digital-media-services-uk-ltd-london-685198 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/digital-media-services-uk-ltd-london-685198.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.