--- title: "Viking Office UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/viking-office-uk-ltd-leicester-750643 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 --- # Viking Office UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Viking Office UK Ltd (trading as Viking Direct UK; Companies House 02472621; Leicester) 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 15 October 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: 15 October 2024 - Trading as: Viking Direct UK - Legal name: VIKING OFFICE UK LIMITED - Also known as: CAVEAT EMPTOR; VIKING DIRECT - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Leicester - Companies House number: 02472621 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02472621) - Website: https://www.viking-direct.co.uk/en/company-info - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vikinguk/ - 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/viking-office-uk-ltd-leicester-750643 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,415 licensed sponsors in Leicester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leicester - 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 4 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 5 Dec 2025: New director appointed: FURTER, Christa. Director change recorded on 5 Dec 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. - 4 Dec 2025: Director resigned: RODDA, Thomas William Simon. Director change recorded on 4 Dec 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. - 20 Jun 2025: Director resigned: CHARPY, Alexandre Francois Jean. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 1 Jan 2025: Director resigned: JOSSE, Alain Dominique François. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. 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 Viking Office UK Ltd ### Is Viking Office UK Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Viking Office UK Ltd in Leicester 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 Viking Office UK Ltd sponsor? Viking Office UK Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Viking Office UK Ltd based? The register lists Viking Office UK Ltd at Leicester. 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 02472621. 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/viking-office-uk-ltd-leicester-750643 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/viking-office-uk-ltd-leicester-750643.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.