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Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route and 1 other from Leicester, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageNext Retail Ltd is a private limited company (Companies House number 04521150), incorporated in August 2002, with its registered office in Leicester. Companies House lists its business as retail sale of clothing in specialised stores, retail sale of footwear in specialised stores and other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians). It is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker (A rating) and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (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.
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Yes. Next Retail Ltd is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker routes.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker routes. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists Next Retail Ltd for 2 routes: Skilled Worker (A rating) and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (A rating).
Next Retail Ltd 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.
Next Retail Ltd is registered with Companies House under company number 04521150, with its registered office in Leicester.
The register gives a rating for each route: Skilled Worker (A rating) and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists Next Retail Ltd under retail sale of clothing in specialised stores, retail sale of footwear in specialised stores, other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) and retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet.
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Did Next Retail Ltd sponsor your visa? How did it go, from the offer to the certificate of sponsorship? If you have been sponsored by, worked at or applied to Next Retail Ltd, your answer helps the next person checking this employer. Do not share personal details such as reference numbers.
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 Next Retail Ltd, your answer helps the next person checking this employer. Do not share personal details such as reference numbers.
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6 other licensed sponsors in Leicester have the same industry code: retail sale of clothing in specialised stores (47710).