--- title: "Tesco Stores Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/tesco-stores-limited-welwyn-garden-city-685683 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 --- # Tesco Stores Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Tesco Stores Limited (Companies House 00519500, Welwyn Garden City) 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 31 December 2020 (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: 31 December 2020 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Welwyn Garden City - Registered address: Tesco House, Shire Park, Kestrel Way, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, AL7 1GA - Companies House number: 00519500 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00519500) - 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/tesco-stores-limited-welwyn-garden-city-685683 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 84 licensed sponsors in Welwyn Garden City: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/welwyn-garden-city - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - 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 15 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 19 Jun 2025: Director resigned: BARNES, Matthew Campbell. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 19 Jun 2025: New director appointed: PRASAD, Ashwin. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 14 Apr 2025: Secretary resigned: THOMSON, Sara. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Apr 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. - 14 Apr 2025: New secretary appointed: TAYLOR, Christopher Jon. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Apr 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. - 17 Dec 2024: New secretary appointed: THOMSON, Sara. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Dec 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. - 17 Dec 2024: Secretary resigned: WELCH, Robert John. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Dec 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. - 18 Oct 2024: Director resigned: RIGBY, Steven Andrew. Director change recorded on 18 Oct 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. - 18 Jul 2024: New director appointed: MAJID, Kay Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 12 Jul 2024: Director resigned: MORRIS, Adrian Charles. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 14 Mar 2024: New director appointed: BARNES, Matthew Campbell. Director change recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 14 Mar 2024: Director resigned: TARRY, Jason Mark, Dr. Director change recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 1 May 2021: New director appointed: NAWAZ, Imran. Director change recorded on 1 May 2021. 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. - 30 Apr 2021: Director resigned: STEWART, Alan James. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 2021. 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. - 7 Apr 2021: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 7 Apr 2021. 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. - 26 Feb 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 26 Feb 2021. 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 4 live vacancies tracked for this employer (4 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Continuous Improvement Manager · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire · £49,795 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5942721365?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - Senior Machine Learning Engineer · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire · £46,525 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5942722052?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - Cafe Team Member · Upper Boat, Pontypridd · £13 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5936567508?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - Duty Pharmacy Manager - Norwich Extra · Norwich, Norfolk · £41,090 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5942721757?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 All listings: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/jobs?sponsorId=685683&employer=Tesco%20Stores%20Limited A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Tesco Stores Limited ### Is Tesco Stores Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Tesco Stores Limited in Welwyn Garden City is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Tesco Stores Limited sponsor? Tesco Stores Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Does Tesco Stores Limited have any jobs open right now? We are currently tracking 4 live vacancies from Tesco Stores Limited on UK job boards. Not every job offers sponsorship, so check the advert or ask the employer. ### Where is Tesco Stores Limited based? The register lists Tesco Stores Limited at Tesco House, Shire Park, Kestrel Way, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, AL7 1GA. 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 00519500. 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/tesco-stores-limited-welwyn-garden-city-685683 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/tesco-stores-limited-welwyn-garden-city-685683.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.