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Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route and 2 others from Brighton, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageInstitute of Development Studies is a private company limited by guarantee (Companies House number 00877338), incorporated in April 1966, with its registered office in Brighton. Companies House lists its business as other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. and post-graduate level higher education. It is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker (A rating), Charity Worker (A rating) and Government Authorised Exchange (A rating) routes. It was first seen on the register in January 2023. Our copies of the register start then, so it may have been listed earlier.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 22 Oct 2026.
First seen on the register in January 2023. Our copies of the register start then, so it may have been listed earlier. 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.
Built by comparing daily copies of the Home Office register from January 2023.
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Yes. Institute of Development Studies is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker, Charity Worker and Government Authorised Exchange routes.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker, Charity Worker and Government Authorised Exchange routes. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists Institute of Development Studies for 3 routes: Skilled Worker (A rating), Charity Worker (A rating) and Government Authorised Exchange (A rating).
Institute of Development Studies was first seen on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors in January 2023. Our copies of the register start then, so it may have been listed earlier.
Institute of Development Studies is registered with Companies House under company number 00877338, with its registered office in Brighton.
The register gives a rating for each route: Skilled Worker (A rating), Charity Worker (A rating) and Government Authorised Exchange (A rating).
Companies House lists Institute of Development Studies under other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. and post-graduate level higher education.
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