Register of Licensed Sponsors 2026
The Register of Licensed Sponsors is the UK Home Office's official list of companies that can sponsor a visa in the UK. These are the employers approved to sponsor overseas workers on Skilled Worker and other UK work visas. Search the full list below, or filter by industry, visa route, or recent hiring activity. Just checking one employer? Use the sponsor licence checker instead.
Last synced 16 July 2026 · Source: gov.uk
Companies (Licensed Sponsors)
Results are prioritized by recent visa sponsorship activity and active job postings, helping you focus on employers most likely to sponsor.
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) is a non-profit educational foundation, motivated by its mission, focused on the student. Our four programmes for students aged 3 to 19 help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world. Founded in 1968, we currently work with over 5400 schools in 158 countries to develop and offer four challenging programmes to over a million students aged 3 to 19. Office Locations: Geneva | Washin
Since we opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely, and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take payments and never miss a sale, we saw sellers stymied by disparate, outmoded products and tools that wouldn’t work together. So we expanded into software and started building integrated, omnichannel solutions – to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, offer buy now, pay later functionality through Afterpay, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and p
Hangar 13 is an internal 2K development studio that creates influential AAA video game experiences across all major platforms. The studio is based in four locations around the world: Brighton (UK), Brno & Prague (Czech Republic) and across the US, working collaboratively as one team. Each of our locations provides the opportunity to work with some of the most talented developers in the industry, on creatively challenging and exciting projects, in a diverse and welcoming environment. Our focus is
QCIC is an award-winning global engineering firm specialising in designing, building and running security systems. Our end-to-end support model is reinforced by in-house automation software. With over eighteen years of international experience, we are trusted advisors and industry experts providing innovative and tailored security solutions to our clients.
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With bases across the North of England, we’re a diverse group of businesses with a shared sense of purpose. United by our culture and driven by a desire to enrich people’s lives and make the world a better place. Whether you shop in one of our retail stores, commission us to look after your building, or work with our consultants on a strategic business case, you’ll soon see why people like doing business with us. Sewell Group is made up of two distinct parts – our Estates collective and our Ret
With a multi-national workforce of over 5,700 personnel, DOF is an international group of companies which owns and operates a fleet of modern offshore/subsea vessels, with an engineering capacity to service both the offshore and subsea market. With more than 40 years in the offshore business, the group has a strong position in terms of experience, innovation, product range, technology, and capacity.
We're the champion of business support professionals and the chosen recruitment partner of the world’s top private equity and alternative investment firms. We find the hidden heroes that make a difference - the critical lynchpins that every company would be lost without. For more than 15 years, we’ve matched forward-thinking employers with exceptional business support professionals – consulting, caring and building authentic candidate and client relationships. We're also incredibly proud to be
Frequently asked questions
What is the Register of Licensed Sponsors? The register is the Home Office's official list of UK employers approved to sponsor overseas workers on Skilled Worker, Health and Care Worker, and other sponsored visa routes. Each row shows the organisation, its town, the visa routes its licence covers, and its rating (A or B).
Yes. The Home Office publishes it on gov.uk as a downloadable spreadsheet, and we sync from it daily so you can actually search it: filter by industry, visa route, location, or recent hiring activity.