--- title: "Wapeka Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wapeka-ltd-purley-756767 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 --- # Wapeka Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Wapeka Ltd (Companies House 04745374, Purley) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: WAPEKA LIMITED - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Purley - Registered address: 32 Grovelands Road, Purley, Surrey, CR8 4LA - Companies House number: 04745374 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04745374) - Website: http://www.wapeka.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/wapeka-ltd-purley-756767 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 37 licensed sponsors in Purley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/purley - 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 5 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 10 Apr 2022: New director appointed: PANIGRAHI, Manasi. Director change recorded on 10 Apr 2022. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Mr. Bijaya Kumar Padhi as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 30 Mar 2016: Company bought back its own shares. Share filing recorded on 30 Mar 2016, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 5 Feb 2016: Director resigned: SARANGI, Siddhartha. Director change recorded on 5 Feb 2016. 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. - 11 May 2015: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 11 May 2015. 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 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 Wapeka Ltd ### Is Wapeka Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Wapeka Ltd in Purley is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Wapeka Ltd sponsor? Wapeka Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Wapeka Ltd based? The register lists Wapeka Ltd at 32 Grovelands Road, Purley, Surrey, CR8 4LA. 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 04745374. 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/wapeka-ltd-purley-756767 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wapeka-ltd-purley-756767.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.