--- title: "Skills Office Network: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/skills-office-network-gateshead-736457 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 --- # Skills Office Network: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Skills Office Network (Companies House 10890823, 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 3 January 2024 (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: 3 January 2024 - Legal name: SKILLS OFFICE NETWORK LTD - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Gateshead - Registered address: Ybn Metro Riverside Park, Delta Bank Road, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, England, NE11 9DJ - Companies House number: 10890823 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10890823) - Website: https://www.skillsofficenetwork.co.uk - 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/skills-office-network-gateshead-736457 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 140 licensed sponsors in Gateshead: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/gateshead - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 2 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 17 May 2024: Cessation of Mr James Lockhart Neilands as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 17 May 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. - 17 May 2024: Director resigned: NEILANDS, James Lockhart. Director change recorded on 17 May 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. 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 Skills Office Network ### Is Skills Office Network a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Skills Office Network in Gateshead is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Skills Office Network sponsor? Skills Office Network is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Skills Office Network based? The register lists Skills Office Network at Ybn Metro Riverside Park, Delta Bank Road, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, England, NE11 9DJ. 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 10890823. 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/skills-office-network-gateshead-736457 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/skills-office-network-gateshead-736457.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.