--- title: "MetraWeather (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/metraweather-uk-limited-reading-757872 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 --- # MetraWeather (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, MetraWeather (UK) Limited (trading as MetService; Companies House 04833498; 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 27 April 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 27 April 2021 - Trading as: MetService - Industry: Other - Town: Reading - Registered address: 40 Caversham Road, Reading, Berkshire, England, RG1 7BT - Companies House number: 04833498 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04833498) - Website: https://www.metservice.com - 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/metraweather-uk-limited-reading-757872 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 912 licensed sponsors in Reading: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/reading - One of 3,279 in Other: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/other-industries - 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 25 October 2026, newest first: - 18 Aug 2026: New director appointed: GANE, Jacqueline Patricia. Director change recorded on 18 Aug 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. - 2 Apr 2026: Director resigned: HILLIGAN, Keith Andrew. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 12 Sep 2025: Director resigned: HUNT, Edwin Stephen John. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 29 Jul 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 29 Jul 2025. 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 Jul 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 1 Jul 2025. 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. - 18 Jul 2024: Cessation of Meteorological Service Of New Zealand Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Jul 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. - 16 Jul 2024: Director resigned: HENRY, Norman Lee. Director change recorded on 16 Jul 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. - 16 Jul 2024: New director appointed: HARRISON, Robert Geoffrey. Director change recorded on 16 Jul 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. - 1 Mar 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Mar 2024. 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. 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 MetraWeather (UK) Limited ### Is MetraWeather (UK) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. MetraWeather (UK) Limited in Reading 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 MetraWeather (UK) Limited sponsor? MetraWeather (UK) 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 MetraWeather (UK) Limited based? The register lists MetraWeather (UK) Limited at 40 Caversham Road, Reading, Berkshire, England, RG1 7BT. 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 04833498. 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/metraweather-uk-limited-reading-757872 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/metraweather-uk-limited-reading-757872.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.