--- title: "Kainos Software Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/kainos-software-ltd-belfast-705167 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 --- # Kainos Software Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Kainos Software Ltd (Companies House NI019370, Belfast) 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 - Legal name: KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITED - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Belfast - Registered address: Kainos House, 4-6 Upper Crescent, Belfast, BT7 1NT - Companies House number: NI019370 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI019370) - Website: https://www.kainos.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kainos/ - 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/kainos-software-ltd-belfast-705167 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 537 licensed sponsors in Belfast: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/belfast - One of 15,391 in Technology & Software: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/technology-software - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 29 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 11 Dec 2024: Director resigned: SLOAN, Russell. Director change recorded on 11 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. - 11 Dec 2024: New director appointed: MOONEY, Brendan, Dr. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 21 Sep 2023: New director appointed: SLOAN, Russell. Director change recorded on 21 Sep 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. - 21 Sep 2023: Director resigned: MOONEY, Brendan, Dr. Director change recorded on 21 Sep 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. - 17 Jun 2022: Director resigned: GANNON, Paul. Director change recorded on 17 Jun 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. - 6 Sep 2021: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 6 Sep 2021. 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. - 26 Sep 2019: Director resigned: LILLYWHITE, John George, Dr. Director change recorded on 26 Sep 2019. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Kainos Group Plc as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 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. - 11 Dec 2015: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 11 Dec 2015. 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. - 24 Jul 2015: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 24 Jul 2015. 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. - 10 Jul 2015: Director resigned: GRAHAM, Francis Stuart. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 2015. 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. - 9 Jul 2015: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 9 Jul 2015. 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. - 6 Jul 2015: Director resigned: O'KANE, James Patrick Jude. Director change recorded on 6 Jul 2015. 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 2015: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Jul 2015. 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. - 19 Jun 2015: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Jun 2015. 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. - 10 Jun 2015: Secretary resigned: HILES, James Edward. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Jun 2015. 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 Jun 2015: New secretary appointed: BURNS, Grainne. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Jun 2015. 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 Apr 2015: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Apr 2015. 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 2014: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 3 Dec 2014. 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. - 28 Aug 2014: Director resigned: TAYLOR, Andrew Jonathan Mark. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 2014. 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. - 12 Jun 2014: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 12 Jun 2014. 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. - 27 May 2014: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 27 May 2014. 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. - 16 May 2014: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 May 2014. 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. - 16 May 2014: Company name changed. Company name change recorded on 16 May 2014. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 24 Jan 2014: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 24 Jan 2014. 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. - + 4 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 4 live vacancies tracked for this employer (4 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Senior Business Analyst / Product Consultant (Healthcare) · UK · £48,875 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5899750268?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - Lead Security Engineer · UK · £52,814 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5841941368?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - Senior Security Engineer · UK · £50,275 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5841927173?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - Content Design · UK · £37,117 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5825831096?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 All listings: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/jobs?sponsorId=705167&employer=Kainos%20Software%20Ltd A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Kainos Software Ltd ### Is Kainos Software Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Kainos Software Ltd in Belfast 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 Kainos Software Ltd sponsor? Kainos Software Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Does Kainos Software Ltd have any jobs open right now? We are currently tracking 4 live vacancies from Kainos Software Ltd on UK job boards. Not every job offers sponsorship, so check the advert or ask the employer. ### Where is Kainos Software Ltd based? The register lists Kainos Software Ltd at Kainos House, 4-6 Upper Crescent, Belfast, BT7 1NT. 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 NI019370. 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/kainos-software-ltd-belfast-705167 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/kainos-software-ltd-belfast-705167.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.