--- title: "BT Group: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bt-group-london-695743 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 --- # BT Group: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, BT Group (Companies House 04190816, London) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: BT GROUP PLC - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: London - Registered address: 1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom, E1 8EE - Companies House number: 04190816 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04190816) - Website: https://www.bt.com - 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/bt-group-london-695743 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 15,391 in Technology & Software: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/technology-software - 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 527 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Sep 2026: Director resigned: LOWTH, Simon Jonathan. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 20 Jul 2026: New director appointed: COBIAN, Patricia. Director change recorded on 20 Jul 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. - 6 Feb 2026: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 6 Feb 2026. 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 Jan 2026: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 28 Jan 2026. 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. - 20 Jan 2026: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 20 Jan 2026. 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. - 7 Nov 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 7 Nov 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. - 13 Oct 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 13 Oct 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. - 7 Oct 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 7 Oct 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. - 15 Sep 2025: New director appointed: VITTAL, Gopal. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 15 Sep 2025: New director appointed: MITTAL, Sunil Bharti. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 12 Sep 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 12 Sep 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. - 3 Sep 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 3 Sep 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. - 26 Aug 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 26 Aug 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. - 18 Aug 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 18 Aug 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. - 13 Aug 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 13 Aug 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. - 14 Jul 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 14 Jul 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. - 7 Jul 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 7 Jul 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. - 12 Jun 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 12 Jun 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. - 9 Jun 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 9 Jun 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. - 2 Mar 2025: New director appointed: QURESHI, Rima. Director change recorded on 2 Mar 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. - 6 Jan 2025: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 6 Jan 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. - 17 Dec 2024: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 17 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. - 10 Dec 2024: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 10 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. - 4 Dec 2024: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 4 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. - 25 Nov 2024: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 25 Nov 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. - + 502 earlier changes on the web page 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 37 live vacancies tracked for this employer (136 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Broadband Software Engineering Specialist · Ipswich, Suffolk · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/gsTDq-Yb_q6P-y4CCqIGv1IOaNQJ67TuqvcNCmMkniwEeawqr79lNcX6xnMRJRNrgbjtNr8Eb53iBtyWSfvkOQ45FbZx1dBkkBdDKvKx_RmXipwFjxCHv9y2gnNiNzoMz0PeFYulabHXyK3TDu6AtusHIuwJnxo2Ni_D_VLzUPvhCspftslF789_KC8axroZWwz8iaUofQwHHmFIfBPz4GnbX8q5Rsdyt1bF_A_mw9o - Digital Transformation Manager · Bristol Area · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/1Yq22aozwWqeCmIN4cEUKIKxeTEQBWTXFM-rvFpGNsA11F4unoq9kEF5kIL7aJMHtM9INBwid9Qca4rFrY22bqpJeQa8ATlJDW7xj3tKat4piZK3z6bWT6sEk6PPYGLiAfeLeTEO8o3e001zi1w99BHHOmyre1yTymYpVMCESKE6nMarzUjbRkoJfE7e3_2ydKv9AWnk2URn6nxeZ6WZvh2BDpee3VTr_VUsAaHLGFk - Senior Java Full-Stack Engineer · Birmingham · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/BkCnq96lTDB7J-SP3DJfViqfkKNL85E_1y93CVeY3TJykNaWAAk_pEWaXXgVTulEmIMY2zsXSvwU_ATB3xH60U9KiJYCBY_iT9s81Drcp9YCX-zs8ntZI1eST_mCtio-zBdFktNdmE7wA86fg0qyvx-Z68T5bb1xUShT6QxBxvP-X8FIi17Yx5BbQ0vw8CumyNDaBm0cDVG2p9UHW7pWrhdjb1Nz6yxTEEreLMawu8w - Software Engineering Specialist · Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/EAHC1tGantDaEqz9d4umfXuD7jB9OiihFoxNCmtTirf4PQshFiZDodVOkC8qA-xrlnMMrq4TYdcYbnliFrrHJxNnliuNewMFhYw-B3LBZlQKJEIYyi4i7U9yHvNOjFOMTQdlHciZrKa_SAYykxeAPAbsMhvSGPNRl0dAEbOhPKitQDfFh0xgorRae7eBu-NcUwnIrecUJFEBBkAczVgmLpOpD07bhTOioTdhfwXq1P4 - Retail Advisor · Swansea · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/tdBN68oUuv8fmwkKtwXapB5Pz5JpIyPJ1Sqk6nph7Uqc9yuyfonSjOMhuZteh0QAB51islYtvb3owKF8_-V7H0hm2Mb-ZgGDvZYFHLwHojkZfBFoiSi3bwiF4qq4imfDTzFLR4iOYxfscXtkBCfSwtdycO8kk2khRowRAv9hLj93qBKPgDxsblSl1eTZgZpNS2nUnjtFbwnypuneFUewnrunSjR4aByCR52WqeowylI - Software Developer (Frontend Frameworks & Tooling) · Birmingham · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/7B4W70FFuOuyDRb_nJcAmRrM2XyL1rsqGVZp7iIeYM_M6t6LsXpl4OKWFEVcLYsJBTF0BRm5YOlcybQy_N4iBbQ0H-K2XDUOaOBYuGaUt5g6kf9F_ad0LJlaaS85NV4xIKsqK6-iBKgumMEEhbtRrErnXEOBP-ocVLvohDVu4t0HHStFMOMB_lEPDYrCabqru_NEcVHxzw5H4Yiz3laOF7RHtxEbB7G_VpLX8A9oFeg - Data Analytics Professional · Ipswich, Suffolk · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/V75MvKbmy8pp9lqZhKfLUQH-K9z8XUR7gcRPrAxUXQVWQBcGZAibucOpXdTpgICb_-GOT17AVp-9N3pvIbfPy_2oPPXB5CPo7Cu7ute6SgmByl0-aBVDnfUenoCw30XuzMfpek-oeu5GIWhgs8AuGMFXZuR9a_cZ1DC4hafvQ-a3oCcKbsSlqQDl3dgzWWAf9HGLyIBTGZb4XC-hvcckhBAw04cbTRGNFrd3AwhZxOU - Contract Analyst · Chippenham, Wiltshire · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/u1ECqdhaHqpkiFH9f4rjQTEJ1kqLkSdwLxAXEtq5aNQES-aTJHHgtNqdT1sqqHwB_2WuvwBng2NyYWf0DV1B5aWowCiY_migCyXHTw0PD0iILRg261gVTS68t6OdhU8iQOABWrHTXQEn4Vlu6KMCkCJXoMsEOeEMDaGzkKMhN-v7Td67JyRpX4C4sk0eD5UECcGEkGyvD31LDRwEIMuXOJmK9W4V1sVKFapTcEBwXnY All listings: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/jobs?sponsorId=695743&employer=BT%20Group A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about BT Group ### Is BT Group a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. BT Group in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can BT Group sponsor? BT Group is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Does BT Group have any jobs open right now? We are currently tracking 37 live vacancies from BT Group on UK job boards. Not every job offers sponsorship, so check the advert or ask the employer. ### Where is BT Group based? The register lists BT Group at 1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom, E1 8EE. 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 04190816. 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/bt-group-london-695743 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bt-group-london-695743.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.