--- title: "Direct Online Services Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/direct-online-services-ltd-quedgeley-gloucester-770139 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 --- # Direct Online Services Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Direct Online Services Ltd (Companies House 06642691, Quedgeley, Gloucester) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 28 July 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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 28 July 2021 - Legal name: DIRECT ONLINE SERVICES LIMITED - Also known as: Kitchen Surplus; Solid Wood Kitchen Cabinets; The Chippy Shop; WEX Trade; Worktop Express; deTerra - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Quedgeley, Gloucester - Registered address: Brearley Court Baird Road, Waterwells Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 2AF - Companies House number: 06642691 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06642691) - Website: https://www.directonlineservices.com - 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/direct-online-services-ltd-quedgeley-gloucester-770139 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 15,391 in Technology & Software: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/technology-software - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 9 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 31 Jul 2026: New secretary appointed: WASILEWSKI, Szymon. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 21 Apr 2026: Secretary resigned: HARDIMAN, Jack. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Apr 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. - 18 Jan 2024: New secretary appointed: HARDIMAN, Jack. Company secretary change recorded on 18 Jan 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. - 7 Oct 2023: Secretary resigned: KOTZE, Janine. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Oct 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. - 7 Jun 2023: New director appointed: TRAN, Ben. Director change recorded on 7 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. - 17 Feb 2023: New secretary appointed: KOTZE, Janine. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Feb 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. - 1 Sep 2022: Director resigned: SHEPHERD, Jonathan Ashley. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 2022. 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 Sep 2022: New director appointed: PENNEY, Ian David. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 2022. 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. - 8 Oct 2021: Secretary resigned: CROUCH, Ben Scott. Company secretary change recorded on 8 Oct 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. 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 Direct Online Services Ltd ### Is Direct Online Services Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Direct Online Services Ltd in Quedgeley, Gloucester 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 Direct Online Services Ltd sponsor? Direct Online Services Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Direct Online Services Ltd based? The register lists Direct Online Services Ltd at Brearley Court Baird Road, Waterwells Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 2AF. 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 06642691. 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/direct-online-services-ltd-quedgeley-gloucester-770139 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/direct-online-services-ltd-quedgeley-gloucester-770139.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.