--- title: "North Coast Distillers Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/north-coast-distillers-limited-thurso-719812 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 --- # North Coast Distillers Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, North Coast Distillers Limited (Companies House SC652661, Thurso) 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 7 December 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: 7 December 2023 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Thurso - Registered address: Murkle House Forss Business & Technology Park, Forss, Thurso, Scotland, KW14 7UZ - Companies House number: SC652661 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC652661) - 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/north-coast-distillers-limited-thurso-719812 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 7 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 16 Feb 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 Feb 2026. 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. - 23 Jan 2026: Director resigned: DAIN, Dianne. Director change recorded on 23 Jan 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. - 31 Mar 2025: New director appointed: NICHOLSON, Neal Allan. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Mar 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 28 Feb 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 1 Jun 2024: New director appointed: DAIN, Dianne. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Jun 2024: New director appointed: TREMBLAY, Dean. Director change recorded on 1 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. 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 North Coast Distillers Limited ### Is North Coast Distillers Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. North Coast Distillers Limited in Thurso 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 North Coast Distillers Limited sponsor? North Coast Distillers Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is North Coast Distillers Limited based? The register lists North Coast Distillers Limited at Murkle House Forss Business & Technology Park, Forss, Thurso, Scotland, KW14 7UZ. 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 SC652661. 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/north-coast-distillers-limited-thurso-719812 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/north-coast-distillers-limited-thurso-719812.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.