--- title: "Stories Design Studio Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stories-design-studio-ltd-london-786404 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-02 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Stories Design Studio Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Stories Design Studio Ltd (Companies House 12094603, London) 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 2 November 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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 2 November 2021 - Legal name: STORIES DESIGN STUDIO LIMITED - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: London - Registered address: 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London, England, W1W 7LT - Companies House number: 12094603 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12094603) - Register data as of: 2 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stories-design-studio-ltd-london-786404 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - 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 13 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 15 May 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 15 May 2026. 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. - 30 Jan 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 30 Jan 2026. 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. - 8 Jan 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 8 Jan 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. - 28 Aug 2024: Class of shares re-designated. 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. - 16 Aug 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 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. - 31 Jul 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 31 Jul 2024. 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. - 19 Jan 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Jan 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. - 11 Dec 2023: New director appointed: FORRESTER, Angus Michael. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 25 Apr 2023: New person with significant control: Miss Natalie Louise Palmer. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Apr 2023. 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. - 25 Apr 2023: Cessation of Miss Melissa Louise Harris as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Apr 2023. 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. - 25 Apr 2023: Director resigned: HARRIS, Melissa Louise. Director change recorded on 25 Apr 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. - 2 Dec 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 2 Dec 2022. 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. - 6 Jun 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 6 Jun 2022. 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. 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 Stories Design Studio Ltd ### Is Stories Design Studio Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Stories Design Studio Ltd in London 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 Stories Design Studio Ltd sponsor? Stories Design Studio Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Stories Design Studio Ltd based? The register lists Stories Design Studio Ltd at 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London, England, W1W 7LT. 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 2 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 12094603. 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/stories-design-studio-ltd-london-786404 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stories-design-studio-ltd-london-786404.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.