How to read the sponsor register, column by column
- Organisation Name: the registered or trading name the licence is held under. It may differ from the brand you know.
- Town/City and County: as recorded on the register. Spelling and capitalisation vary (for example 'London' and 'LONDON').
- Type & Rating: licence type (Worker or Temporary Worker) and rating. The most common values in this file:
- Worker (A rating): 137,361
- Temporary Worker (A rating): 5,611
- Worker (B rating): 100
- Worker (UK Expansion Worker: Provisional ): 95
- Worker (A (Premium)): 4
- Temporary Worker (B rating): 1
- Route: the route the licence covers. An organisation appears once per route.
To look up an employer, search the name and likely variants (with and without 'Ltd', previous names). Companies House records can help link brand names to legal names. Source: Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors: workers, file dated 20 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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