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 2 August 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.

BDO LLP

BDO LLP is an accountancy and business advisory firm that provides Audit, Tax, Deals, and Consulting, Risk & Outsourcing (CR&O) services to entrepreneurial, growing and ambitious businesses. Following our merger with BDO Ireland in July 2026, we operate out of 19 locations across the UK and Ireland. Employing 8,500 people and with revenues of approximately £1.1 billion, we are one of Europe’s largest accountancy organisations focused on the ambitious and entrepreneurial mid-market. With more

1,809 visas39 jobs

Barchester Healthcare

Founded in 1992, Barchester started with just one care home. Today, we're proud to have over 260 care homes and six independent hospitals across England, Scotland and Wales that continually meet and exceed all relevant regulatory compliance standards. We deliver exceptional levels of care to over 13,000 residents and patients and we employ over 18,000 dedicated people across the entire organisation. We have continued to remain at the forefront of the UK’s private healthcare sector by providing

2,042 visas89 jobs

JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITEDManufacturing

At JLR, we create exceptional experiences through our brands: Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar. As the corporate home of these iconic British brands, we bring together world-class design, pioneering innovation and the creative ambition that drives our business forward. Our heritage matters, but it's our future that excites us. We're transforming at pace, shaping new technologies, electrifying our products and reimagining how people move through the world. None of this happens by acci

2,401 visas10 jobs

CYGNET HEALTH CARE LIMITEDHuman health and social work activities

Cygnet is a leading provider of mental health and social care services for adults and children across the UK. We put those in our care at the heart of everything we do. Through our network of award-winning hospitals and community services, we support thousands of people every year to achieve positive outcomes and live more independently. Follow us for patient stories, expert insights, wellbeing advice, service developments and career opportunities.

2,034 visas163 jobs

GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONALFinancial and insurance activities

We aspire to be the world’s most exceptional financial institution, united by our shared values of partnership, client service, integrity, and excellence. Operating at the center of capital markets, we act as one firm, mobilizing our people, capital, and ideas to deliver superior results across our clients’ most complex challenges. For 157 years, Goldman Sachs has delivered world-class execution on a global scale across our leading Global Banking & Markets and Asset & Wealth Management busine

1,903 visas25 jobs

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust – providing healthcare services across Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Established on 1 October 2014, we employ more than 9,000 staff serving a diverse population of approximately 850,000 from: • Central Middlesex Hospital, Acton Lane, Park Royal, London, NW10 7NS • Ealing Hospital Uxbridge Road, Southall, Middlesex, UB1 3HW • Northwick Park Hospital and St Mark’s Hospital Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ

1,760 visas47 jobs

Barclays Execution Services LimitedAdministrative and support service activities

If you’re thinking about your future, you should think about Barclays. We are committed to backing the future of our customers, clients, communities and colleagues. From helping people building financial confidence to getting them started in their first home with one of our mortgages. From helping them realise their business dreams through to supporting young people as they make their first, sure move into the adult world through Life Skills. Whatever the future holds for our customers and cl

1,603 visas107 jobs

Mitchells & Butlers PLCProfessional, scientific and technical activities

Established in 1898, we're one of the largest operators of restaurants, pubs and bars in the UK, providing a wide choice of eating and drinking-out experiences through our well-known brands and delivering great service, quality and value for money to our guests.

33 visas868 jobs

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with

1,854 visas16 jobs

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES UK LIMITEDInformation and communication

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is the technology partner of choice for industry leading organizations worldwide. Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards of innovation, engineering excellence, and customer service. It has set an aspiration to become the world's largest AI-led technology services company and is enabling its clients to transform themselves across the full AI stack, from infrastructure to intelligence. Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is f

1,783 visas41 jobs

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).

Is the Register of Licensed Sponsors public?

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.

How often is the Register of Licensed Sponsors updated?

We sync from the official gov.uk register daily, so the list here tracks Home Office additions and removals within a day of publication. New sponsors appear as they're licensed; revoked licences drop off.

Where can I find a list of companies that can sponsor a visa in the UK?

This page is that list. It mirrors the Home Office's official register of every UK company licensed to sponsor a work visa, covering Skilled Worker, Health and Care Worker, and other sponsored routes. Search by company name, or filter by industry, visa route, location, or recent hiring to find the sponsors that matter to you.

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 official register, updated daily. 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.