--- title: "British Steel Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/british-steel-limited-scunthorpe-766752 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 --- # British Steel Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, British Steel Limited (Companies House 12303256, Scunthorpe) 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 21 May 2025 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## 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: 21 May 2025 - Also known as: HFR Solutions Community Interest Company; Saltend Chemical Park - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Scunthorpe - Registered address: British Steel, Administration Building, Brigg Road, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England, DN16 1XA - Companies House number: 12303256 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12303256) - Website: https://www.britishsteel.co.uk - 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/british-steel-limited-scunthorpe-766752 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 64 licensed sponsors in Scunthorpe: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/scunthorpe - 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 3 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 16 Jul 2026: Cessation of Secretary Of State For Business And Trade as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Jul 2026. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 16 Jul 2026: Company name changed, now trading as "2026 TRANSFEROR COMPANY LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 16 Jul 2026. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 Oct 2025: Director resigned: HARGREAVES, Damian Paul. Director change recorded on 6 Oct 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. 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 British Steel Limited ### Is British Steel Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. British Steel Limited in Scunthorpe 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 British Steel Limited sponsor? British Steel 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 British Steel Limited based? The register lists British Steel Limited at British Steel, Administration Building, Brigg Road, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England, DN16 1XA. 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, and Companies House records for company number 12303256. 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/british-steel-limited-scunthorpe-766752 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/british-steel-limited-scunthorpe-766752.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.