--- title: "Belfast Central Business District (BID) Ltd trading as Linen Quarter BID: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/belfast-central-business-district-bid-ltd-trading-as-linen-quarter-bid-belfast-743047 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 --- # Belfast Central Business District (BID) Ltd trading as Linen Quarter BID: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Belfast Central Business District (BID) Ltd trading as Linen Quarter BID (Belfast) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 3 February 2025 (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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 3 February 2025 - Legal name: Belfast Central Business District (BID) Ltd - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Belfast - Companies House number: NI649962 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI649962) - Website: https://linenquarter.org - 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/belfast-central-business-district-bid-ltd-trading-as-linen-quarter-bid-belfast-743047 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 537 licensed sponsors in Belfast: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/belfast - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 14 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Jun 2026: Director resigned: MOUNSTEPHEN, Colin Robert Thomas. Director change recorded on 25 Jun 2026. 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. - 11 Jun 2026: New director appointed: O'KANE, Emma Victoria. Director change recorded on 11 Jun 2026. 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. - 11 Jun 2026: New director appointed: RANA, Rajesh Kumar. Director change recorded on 11 Jun 2026. 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. - 11 Jun 2026: New director appointed: WRIGHT, David Andrew. Director change recorded on 11 Jun 2026. 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. - 11 Jun 2026: New director appointed: GREGORY, Craig Anthony. Director change recorded on 11 Jun 2026. 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. - 7 Jan 2026: Director resigned: MITCHELL, Michael Edward Thomas. Director change recorded on 7 Jan 2026. 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. - 1 Dec 2025: Director resigned: SCOTT, Mairead. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 18 Sep 2025: Director resigned: TOPPING, Jonathan. Director change recorded on 18 Sep 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. - 9 May 2025: Director resigned: BLAIR, Karen Louise. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 8 May 2025: New director appointed: ROBERTS, Paul. Director change recorded on 8 May 2025. 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. - 10 Apr 2025: New director appointed: KEYS, Avril. Director change recorded on 10 Apr 2025. 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. - 10 Apr 2025: New director appointed: DONOHOE, Jeanette. Director change recorded on 10 Apr 2025. 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. - 10 Apr 2025: New director appointed: MCLAUGHLIN, Ruairi. Director change recorded on 10 Apr 2025. 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. - 10 Apr 2025: New director appointed: FARQUHARSON, Orla. Director change recorded on 10 Apr 2025. 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. 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 Belfast Central Business District (BID) Ltd trading as Linen Quarter BID ### Is Belfast Central Business District (BID) Ltd trading as Linen Quarter BID a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Belfast Central Business District (BID) Ltd trading as Linen Quarter BID in Belfast is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Belfast Central Business District (BID) Ltd trading as Linen Quarter BID sponsor? Belfast Central Business District (BID) Ltd trading as Linen Quarter BID is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Belfast Central Business District (BID) Ltd trading as Linen Quarter BID based? The register lists Belfast Central Business District (BID) Ltd trading as Linen Quarter BID at Belfast. 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/belfast-central-business-district-bid-ltd-trading-as-linen-quarter-bid-belfast-743047 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/belfast-central-business-district-bid-ltd-trading-as-linen-quarter-bid-belfast-743047.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.