Removed from the register
Was licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from South Shields, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageNorth Sea Explorer is a private limited company (Companies House number 08620564), incorporated in July 2013, with its registered office in South Shields. Companies House lists its business as marine fishing. It first appeared on the register in October 2023. It is no longer on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors; it was removed in October 2026.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 14 Oct 2026.
On the register since October 2023, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. 3 changes since then, newest first.
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Not at the moment. North Sea Explorer is no longer on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, so it cannot assign new certificates of sponsorship.
No. Its sponsor licence is not active on the Home Office register.
When it was last on the register, North Sea Explorer was licensed for Skilled Worker (A rating).
North Sea Explorer first appeared on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors in October 2023 and was removed in October 2026.
North Sea Explorer is registered with Companies House under company number 08620564, with its registered office in South Shields.
The register listed North Sea Explorer with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Companies House lists North Sea Explorer under marine fishing.
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