Licensed sponsor
Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from London, according to the Home Office register.
J Sainsbury Plc is a public limited company (Companies House number 00185647), incorporated in November 1922, with its registered office in London. 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 a Worker (A rating).
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 7 Oct 2026.
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Yes. J Sainsbury Plc 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.
J Sainsbury Plc is registered with Companies House under company number 00185647, with its registered office in LONDON.
The register lists J Sainsbury Plc with a Worker (A rating) rating.
J Sainsbury Plc is classified under Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating.
The register changes daily. Check the official GOV.UK register before relying on a licence. This page is information, not immigration advice.
On the register by January 2023, 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.
Built by comparing copies of the Home Office register: worksponsors/data-process daily copies (from January 2023); our own daily register sync.
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From the signed offer to the CoS reference: how many weeks was it, and did anything slow it down? If you have been sponsored by, worked at or applied to J Sainsbury Plc, your answer helps the next person checking this employer. Please don't share personal details such as reference numbers.
People often ask us whether J Sainsbury Plc really sponsors visas. How did the process go for you, from the offer to the certificate of sponsorship? If you have been sponsored by, worked at or applied to J Sainsbury Plc, your answer helps the next person checking this employer. Please don't share personal details such as reference numbers.
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How long the CoS took, what the interview was like, whether they paid the visa fee.
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