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Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from Washington, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageFenham Stores Ltd T/A Family Shopper Columbia is a private limited company (Companies House number 05263042), incorporated in October 2004, with its registered office in Washington. Companies House lists its business as retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating. It is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route with an A rating. It has been on the register since February 2024.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 16 Oct 2026.
On the register since February 2024, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. No changes to its licence since then.
We have no copy of the register between June 2024 and January 2025, so changes in that time show as a range.
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Yes. Fenham Stores Ltd T/A Family Shopper Columbia 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 Fenham Stores Ltd T/A Family Shopper Columbia for one route: Skilled Worker (A rating).
Fenham Stores Ltd T/A Family Shopper Columbia has been on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors since February 2024, the first copy of the register that lists it.
Fenham Stores Ltd T/A Family Shopper Columbia is registered with Companies House under company number 05263042, with its registered office in WASHINGTON.
The register lists Fenham Stores Ltd T/A Family Shopper Columbia with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Fenham Stores Ltd T/A Family Shopper Columbia is classified under Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating.
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3 other licensed sponsors in Washington have the same industry code: retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating (47110).