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Claim this pageThe Scotch Whisky Research Institute is a private company limited by guarantee (Companies House number SC056430), incorporated in September 1974, with its registered office in Edinburgh. Companies House lists its business as research and experimental development on biotechnology. It is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route with an A rating. 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. The Scotch Whisky Research Institute 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 The Scotch Whisky Research Institute for one route: Skilled Worker (A rating).
The Scotch Whisky Research Institute 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.
The Scotch Whisky Research Institute is registered with Companies House under company number SC056430, with its registered office in Edinburgh.
The register lists The Scotch Whisky Research Institute with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Companies House lists The Scotch Whisky Research Institute under research and experimental development on biotechnology.
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5 other licensed sponsors in Edinburgh have the same industry code: research and experimental development on biotechnology (72110).