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 17 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.
1st Formations is the UK's leading company formation agent. Founded in 2014, we have formed over 1 million companies and assisted many thousands of clients to grow their business with expert advice on limited companies, reporting requirements, and corporate governance. Customer service excellence is the driving force of what we do. Our highly trained team is devoted to supporting our customers before, during, and after the company formation process. As a certified B Corp, we are committed to p
Reliance High-Tech is the UK's largest independent integrator of security and lone worker solutions. It is trusted by leading brands and organisations to protect their people, assets and reputations through innovative technology and specialist expertise. Unique in the industry, Reliance High-Tech combines the capability and footprint of a large organisation, with the agility and customer focus of an independent business. Reliance High-Tech's IT expertise, technical accreditations and highest-l
Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR) powers the experience economy, enabling businesses to deliver the moments that matter. Transforming how people shop, dine, stay, and play, Shift4’s commerce technology allows for a seamless experience at any scale. From your neighborhood restaurant to the world’s largest event venues, Shift4 handles billions of transactions annually for hundreds of thousands of businesses around the world. For more information, visit shift4.com.
We are Pioneer Search, a UK based recruitment and search business, offering tailored talent solutions to connect aspiring people with ambitious businesses. Our solutions include: • Permanent Recruitment • Contract & SoW Recruitment • Executive Search By fusing traditional search and selection techniques, our extensive talent networks, and the latest innovations in technology and Ai, our team fully immerse themselves in their specialist markets and sectors. Our specialist sector focus in
At Rutherford, we focus on compliance and legal recruitment within the financial, real estate and legal services sectors, with London and New York being our core focus. We use our carefully curated relationships, networks and market knowledge to find the best fit for the clients in hand. Every day we are building relationships with future legal and governance leaders and identifying the problem solvers, strategic thinkers and innovators.
Hanson Wade specializes in scientific research across a comprehensive range of distinctive R&D areas. We deliver insight and connections to facilitate safe and effective drug development for more personalized and targeted patient populations. Our events focus on researching, qualifying and curating valuable knowledge and insight in complex niches of drug discovery and development. We provide definitive quality that attendees trust to get better drugs to patients faster.
H&P Executive Search is a specialist legal executive search firm advising private practice law firms and in-house legal teams on high-stakes leadership decisions across global markets. We operate at moments of inflection – platform growth, strategic expansion, succession planning, value creation, and leadership transition – where judgement, timing, and discretion are critical. With an established international presence and a strategic US hub in Miami, we combine deep local market intelligence
At Arjo, we believe that empowering movement within healthcare environments is essential to quality care. Our products and solutions are designed to promote a safe and dignified experience through patient handling, medical beds, personal hygiene, disinfection, diagnostics, and the prevention of pressure injuries and venous thromboembolism. With about 7000 people worldwide and over 65 years of caring for patients and healthcare professionals, we are committed to driving healthier outcomes for peo
Lineage is one of the world’s leading temperature-controlled industrial REITs and integrated solutions providers with a global network of over 480 strategically located facilities, totaling nearly 2.9 billion cubic feet of capacity across countries in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Coupling industry-leading expertise in end-to-end logistical solutions and innovative technology, Lineage partners with the world’s largest food and beverage companies to increase distribution efficiency, ad
For over 45 years, DRPG has been delivering everything from video, events and digital right through to research, strategy and creative communications. Our specialised teams work together to deliver multi-channel campaigns entirely in-house. Our clients can come to us knowing that they’ll only ever need one trusted partner that can do everything to make ‘anything possible’.
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.