Is the Register of Licensed Sponsors public?

Yes. The Home Office publishes it on gov.uk as a downloadable spreadsheet and refreshes it each month. We mirror that spreadsheet here so you can actually search it: filter by industry, visa route, location, or recent hiring activity.

How often is the Register of Licensed Sponsors updated?

Monthly. The Home Office uploads a fresh spreadsheet to gov.uk each month, and our sync picks up the new version automatically. New sponsors appear within a day or two of being licensed; revoked licences drop off.

How do I check if a company is on the Register of Licensed Sponsors?

Type the employer's name into the search box above. If they hold an active UK sponsor licence, you'll see a profile with the visa routes they're approved for, where they're based, and their recent sponsorship activity. No profile means they're either not licensed or have been removed from the register.

What's the difference between this register and the gov.uk version?

The data is the same. We sync straight from the Home Office's monthly spreadsheet. The difference is what you can do with it: search by keyword, filter by industry and visa route, and see live jobs, salary data, and past visa issuance volumes for each sponsor.

Register of Licensed Sponsors

The Register of Licensed Sponsors is the UK Home Office's official list of companies approved to sponsor overseas workers on Skilled Worker and other UK work visas. Search the register below, or filter by industry, visa route, or recent hiring activity.

Last synced 10 June 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.

Ciena Limited

Ciena (NYSE:CIEN) is the global leader in high-speed connectivity. We build advanced networks to support exponential growth in bandwidth demand—empowering our customers, partners, and communities to thrive in the AI era. With unparalleled expertise and innovation, our networking systems, interconnects, automation software, and services revolutionize data transmission and network management.

6 visas7 jobs

FirstBank UK LimitedFinancial and insurance activities

FirstBank UK Limited is a UK-incorporated subsidiary of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, operating since 2002 and authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and regulated by both the PRA and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). We are a specialist international bank focused on facilitating trade and investment flows between Africa and Europe. Our operations are headquartered in London, with Representative Offices in Paris, Lagos, and Abuja. We offer: Corporate Banking: Structured

21 visas2 jobs

DTCC Europe LimitedAdministrative and support service activities

With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully,

9 visas8 jobs

TELESPAZIO UK LIMITEDProfessional, scientific and technical activities

4 visas9 jobs

S J AUTO TRADER LIMITEDWholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

You’ve probably heard of Autotrader, but do you know what we’re all about? We’re the most trusted, most visited automotive marketplace in the UK. A heritage brand and a tech innovator. We bring together vehicle buyers and sellers to give them real choices. Cars may be what we're best known for, but we’re also the place for pretty much everything else on wheels, from e-bikes to caravans. In the automotive world, change is a constant, that’s why we take our job of untangling the complex car-b

20 visas3 jobs

ANGOVE PARTNERS LIMITEDAdministrative and support service activities

Angove Partners is a recruitment firm specialising in Insurance and Financial Services, with offices in London and New York. We operate across the North American and EMEA markets, providing international reach for our clients. Our Insurance practice covers a broad range of specialist functions and lines. The team has deep expertise across Commercial P&C, E&S/Specialty, and Capital Markets, partnering with independent Lloyd’s brokers, market-leading global carriers, and MGAs to support their h

2 visas11 jobs

PD & MS Energy (Aberdeen) LimitedAdministrative and support service activities

PD&MS Group has full multi-discipline in-house EPCC capability and is recognised as a provider of safe, effective, and cost efficient design and engineering services to onshore and offshore energy. Services include carbon management and reduction, project design, design verification and management, structural, piping, mechanical, HVAC, and electrical / instrumentation design, upgrades and modifications, inspection, auditing and specialist engineering consultancy. PD&MS Group has operations in

2 visas11 jobs

RM Education LtdInformation and communication

The RM plc group of businesses creates and maintains an extensive range of innovative solutions and services - all designed or selected to meet the specific needs of educational users. RM is the leading provider of ICT to UK education and we have been successful in what we do for nearly 50 years. We provide software systems, services and infrastructure to schools, colleges, universities and examination bodies.

12 visas8 jobs

SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDManufacturing

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is at the forefront of space innovation delivering customisable complete mission solutions for Earth observation, science, communications, navigation, in-orbit debris removal and servicing and exploration beyond Earth infrastructure. Job vacancies at SSTL are listed on our website: http://www.sstl.co.uk/Careers/Current-Vacancies Follow us on Twitter @SurreySat and on Instagram @surreysatellites

8 visas8 jobs

SPECTRUM COMMUNITY HEALTH C.I.C.Human health and social work activities

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides quality healthcare for people in vulnerable circumstances. We work in partnership to provide primary care, substance misuse and sexual health services, in the community and in secure environments including prions, hospitals and immigration centres. As a not-for-profit social business, we are committed to addressing health inequalities and investing into the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve. We are continually building on our ambition to

2 visas11 jobs

Frequently asked questions

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).