--- title: "DS Smith Business Services Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ds-smith-business-services-limited-london-723531 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 --- # DS Smith Business Services Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, DS Smith Business Services Limited (Companies House 08114486, London) 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 27 February 2015 (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: 27 February 2015 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: London - Registered address: 350 Euston Road, London, NW1 3AX - Companies House number: 08114486 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08114486) - 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/ds-smith-business-services-limited-london-723531 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - 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 32 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Jul 2026: Secretary resigned: WOOD, Katie Rosa. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 1 Jul 2026: New secretary appointed: MEADS, Louise Rachel. Company secretary change recorded on 1 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. - 13 Feb 2026: New secretary appointed: WOOD, Katie Rosa. Company secretary change recorded on 13 Feb 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. - 13 Feb 2026: Secretary resigned: OLUYINKA, Kafayat Bisola. Company secretary change recorded on 13 Feb 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. - 13 Feb 2026: New director appointed: SIMPKINS, Erich. Director change recorded on 13 Feb 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. - 16 Dec 2025: New director appointed: FURMSTON, Nicholas James. Director change recorded on 16 Dec 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. - 20 Nov 2025: Director resigned: PIPER, Lauren Kate. Director change recorded on 20 Nov 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. - 30 Sep 2025: Director resigned: HICKS, William Beverley. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 21 Mar 2025: New secretary appointed: OLUYINKA, Kafayat Bisola. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Mar 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. - 21 Mar 2025: Secretary resigned: STONE, Zillah Wendy. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Mar 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. - 4 Feb 2025: Director resigned: PIKE, Richard Neil. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 27 Nov 2023: New director appointed: PIPER, Lauren Kate. Director change recorded on 27 Nov 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. - 10 Aug 2023: New director appointed: PIKE, Richard Neil. Director change recorded on 10 Aug 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. - 5 May 2023: Director resigned: JENNINGS, Alexander Paul. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 19 Dec 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Dec 2022. 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. - 9 Nov 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Nov 2022. 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. - 30 Apr 2022: Director resigned: GRANT, Clark Alexander. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 25 Jan 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Jan 2022. 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. - 3 Dec 2021: New director appointed: JENNINGS, Alexander Paul. Director change recorded on 3 Dec 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. - 31 Oct 2018: New secretary appointed: STONE, Zillah Wendy. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Oct 2018. 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 Oct 2018: Secretary resigned: STEELE, Anne. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Oct 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. - 10 Feb 2017: New director appointed: GRANT, Clark Alexander. Director change recorded on 10 Feb 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. - 10 Feb 2017: Director resigned: KNOWLES, Sharon. Director change recorded on 10 Feb 2017. 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. - 5 Sep 2016: New director appointed: JONES, Jeffrey Cantine. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 2 Sep 2016: Director resigned: CARTER, Stephen David. Director change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - + 7 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 DS Smith Business Services Limited ### Is DS Smith Business Services Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. DS Smith Business Services Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can DS Smith Business Services Limited sponsor? DS Smith Business Services 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 DS Smith Business Services Limited based? The register lists DS Smith Business Services Limited at 350 Euston Road, London, NW1 3AX. 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 08114486. 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/ds-smith-business-services-limited-london-723531 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ds-smith-business-services-limited-london-723531.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.