--- title: "Bakkafrost Scotland Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bakkafrost-scotland-limited-edinburgh-797262 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Bakkafrost Scotland Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Bakkafrost Scotland Limited (Edinburgh) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 13 March 2023 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 13 March 2023 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Edinburgh - Companies House number: SC107275 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC107275) - Website: https://www.bakkafrostscotland.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scottish-salmon-company/ - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bakkafrost-scotland-limited-edinburgh-797262 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,178 licensed sponsors in Edinburgh: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/edinburgh - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 6 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 19 Dec 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Dec 2025. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 28 Nov 2025: Director resigned: AARSKOG, Alf-Helge. Director change recorded on 28 Nov 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 30 Apr 2025: Director resigned: SANDVIK, Øystein. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 16 Dec 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 Dec 2024. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 30 Apr 2024: New director appointed: AARSKOG, Alf-Helge. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 Jan 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 17 Jan 2024. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about Bakkafrost Scotland Limited ### Is Bakkafrost Scotland Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Bakkafrost Scotland Limited in Edinburgh is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Bakkafrost Scotland Limited sponsor? Bakkafrost Scotland Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Bakkafrost Scotland Limited based? The register lists Bakkafrost Scotland Limited at Edinburgh. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bakkafrost-scotland-limited-edinburgh-797262 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bakkafrost-scotland-limited-edinburgh-797262.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.