Licensed sponsor
Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from Portsmouth, according to the Home Office register.
1177 Retail Limited is a private limited company (Companies House number 13465165), incorporated in June 2021, with its registered office in Portsmouth. Companies House lists its business as retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating.
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From the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and Companies House, checked 5 Nov 2026.
On the register since April 2023, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. No changes to its licence since then.
Built by comparing daily copies of the Home Office register from January 2023. We have no copy of the register between June 2024 and January 2025.
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Yes. 1177 Retail Limited is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker route. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists 1177 Retail Limited for one route: Skilled Worker (A rating).
1177 Retail Limited has been on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors since April 2023, the first copy of the register that lists it.
1177 Retail Limited is registered with Companies House under company number 13465165, with its registered office in Portsmouth.
The register lists 1177 Retail Limited with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Companies House lists 1177 Retail Limited under retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating.
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Yes. It sponsored workers in 2023.
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20 other licensed sponsors in Portsmouth have the same industry code: retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating (47110).