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Ancestry.com UK Limited

London, NULL · Currently licensed

Ancestry.com UK Limited holds a Home Office sponsor licence and appears on the register of licensed sponsors published 27 Oct 2026. It can sponsor overseas nationals for 2 visa routes, and its A rating means it can assign Certificates of Sponsorship normally.

First seen on register: 23 Jun 2021 (already licensed when daily CSV publication began; the licence may be older)
Last confirmed: 27 Oct 2026 (latest edition)

Visa routes this sponsor is licensed for

Route	Visa it allows the sponsor to support	Rating	Since
Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker Worker	Senior or Specialist Worker visa For multinational companies transferring senior managers or specialists from an overseas branch to the UK business. Replaced the Intra-company Transfer route in April 2022.	A rating	23 Jun 2021
Skilled Worker Worker	Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa) The main UK work visa. Lets the sponsor employ overseas nationals in eligible skilled jobs, from nurses and care workers to engineers, chefs and software developers, for up to 5 years at a time, with a route to settlement.	A rating	23 Jun 2021

Ratings: Full compliance. The sponsor can assign Certificates of Sponsorship and recruit from overseas normally. Downgraded after compliance concerns. The sponsor is on a time-limited action plan with the Home Office and cannot sponsor new workers until it is restored to an A rating. Failure to complete the plan leads to revocation. More.

Licence history

No changes recorded since 23 Jun 2021. The licence has been listed continuously with the same routes and rating.

Companies House

Company: ANCESTRY.COM UK LIMITED 05246359 matched
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 30 Sep 2004
Registered office: 4TH FLOOR, STRAND BRIDGE HOUSE, 138-142 THE STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1HH
Nature of business: 63990 - Other information service activities n.e.c.

Matched from the Companies House monthly bulk data by company name and registered town. The sponsor register itself carries no company number.

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