--- title: "Direct Wines Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/direct-wines-limited-reading-696927 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 --- # Direct Wines Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Direct Wines Limited (trading as LAITHWAITES; Companies House 01095091; Reading) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 2 July 2020 (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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 2 July 2020 - Trading as: LAITHWAITES - Also known as: BORDEAUX DIRECT; BORDEAUX DIRECT WINE TRAVELLER; BRITISH AIRWAYS WINE CLUB; DINERS CLUB WINE SERVICE; MALT WHISKY DIRECT; NAT WEST WINE CLUB; NATIONAL TRUST WINE CLUB; RADIO TIMES WINE CLUB; TASTE SHOPS; THE SUNDAY TIMES WINE CLUB - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Reading - Registered address: One Waterside Drive, Arlington Business Park, Theale, Berkshire, United Kingdom, RG7 4SW - Companies House number: 01095091 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01095091) - Website: https://www.laithwaites.co.uk - 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/direct-wines-limited-reading-696927 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 912 licensed sponsors in Reading: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/reading - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Oct 2026: Director resigned: PORTER, Angus James, Dr. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 19 Jun 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Jun 2026. 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. - 1 Oct 2025: Director resigned: GATES, David Bruce. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 1 Jul 2025: New director appointed: PRONTO-HUSSEY, Celia Maria Teixeira. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 2025. 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. - 25 Jun 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Jun 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. - 29 Jun 2024: New director appointed: CHAFFE, Benjamin Peter. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 28 Jun 2024: Director resigned: WEIR, James William Hartland. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 1 Feb 2024: Director resigned: LAITHWAITE, Anthony Hugh Gordon. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 15 Dec 2023: New director appointed: STRUB, Philippa Victoria. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 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. - 31 May 2023: Director resigned: LAITHWAITE, Barbara Anne. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 2 Nov 2020: Director resigned: THATCHER, David Andrew. Director change recorded on 2 Nov 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. - 1 Sep 2020: New director appointed: GATES, David Bruce. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 2020. 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 Direct Wines Limited ### Is Direct Wines Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Direct Wines Limited in Reading is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Direct Wines Limited sponsor? Direct Wines Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Direct Wines Limited based? The register lists Direct Wines Limited at One Waterside Drive, Arlington Business Park, Theale, Berkshire, United Kingdom, RG7 4SW. 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 01095091. 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-wines-limited-reading-696927 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/direct-wines-limited-reading-696927.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.