--- title: "Williams and Barry Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/williams-and-barry-ltd-edinburgh-753072 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 --- # Williams and Barry Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Williams and Barry Ltd (Companies House SC369528, Edinburgh) 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 6 July 2016 (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: 6 July 2016 - Legal name: WILLIAMS AND BARRY LTD. - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Edinburgh - Registered address: CONSILIUM CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, 169 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2LB - Companies House number: SC369528 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC369528) - 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/williams-and-barry-ltd-edinburgh-753072 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,178 licensed sponsors in Edinburgh: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/edinburgh - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 8 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Jan 2023: Notification of Williams And Barry (Group) Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Jan 2023. 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. - 1 Jan 2023: Cessation of Eel Healthcare Ltd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 13 Dec 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 13 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. - 2 Mar 2021: Notification of Eel Healthcare Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 2 Mar 2021. 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. - 2 Mar 2021: Cessation of Mr Robert Gwylim Williams as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 2 Mar 2021. 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. - 2 Mar 2021: Cessation of Williams And Barry (Group) Ltd. as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 2 Mar 2021. 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. - 2 Mar 2021: Director resigned: WILLIAMS, Robert Gwylim. Director change recorded on 2 Mar 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. - 2 Mar 2021: Secretary resigned: WILLIAMS, Robert. Company secretary change recorded on 2 Mar 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. 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 Williams and Barry Ltd ### Is Williams and Barry Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Williams and Barry Ltd in Edinburgh is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Williams and Barry Ltd sponsor? Williams and Barry Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Williams and Barry Ltd based? The register lists Williams and Barry Ltd at CONSILIUM CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, 169 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 2LB. 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 SC369528. 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/williams-and-barry-ltd-edinburgh-753072 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/williams-and-barry-ltd-edinburgh-753072.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.