--- title: "Nerds With Words Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/nerds-with-words-ltd-gateshead-800441 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 --- # Nerds With Words Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Nerds With Words Ltd (trading as Wordnerds; Companies House 10567864; Gateshead) 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 20 February 2023 (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: 20 February 2023 - Trading as: Wordnerds - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Gateshead - Registered address: Proto Building, Abbott's Hill, Gateshead, England, NE8 3DF - Companies House number: 10567864 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10567864) - 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/nerds-with-words-ltd-gateshead-800441 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 140 licensed sponsors in Gateshead: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/gateshead - 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 6 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 10 Dec 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 10 Dec 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. - 6 Dec 2024: New person with significant control: Innovation Gp Limited. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Dec 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. - 6 Dec 2024: Cessation of Mrs Angela Claire Daykin as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Dec 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. - 19 Sep 2024: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 19 Sep 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. - 28 Aug 2024: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 28 Aug 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. - 15 Aug 2024: Cessation of Mr Peter Allen Daykin as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Aug 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. 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 Nerds With Words Ltd ### Is Nerds With Words Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Nerds With Words Ltd in Gateshead is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Nerds With Words Ltd sponsor? Nerds With Words Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Nerds With Words Ltd based? The register lists Nerds With Words Ltd at Proto Building, Abbott's Hill, Gateshead, England, NE8 3DF. 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 10567864. 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/nerds-with-words-ltd-gateshead-800441 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/nerds-with-words-ltd-gateshead-800441.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.