--- title: "BTL Group Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/btl-group-ltd-shipley-713525 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 --- # BTL Group Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, BTL Group Ltd (Companies House 01878927, Shipley) 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 18 February 2015 (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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 18 February 2015 - Legal name: BTL GROUP LIMITED - Also known as: B.T.L.PUBLISHING.; Surpass; Surpass Assessment - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Shipley - Registered address: Salts Mill Victoria Road, Saltaire, Shipley, England, BD18 3LF - Companies House number: 01878927 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01878927) - 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/btl-group-ltd-shipley-713525 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 39 licensed sponsors in Shipley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/shipley - One of 15,391 in Technology & Software: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/technology-software - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 20 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 30 Jun 2026: Secretary resigned: GOMERSALL, Thomas Audsley. Company secretary change recorded on 30 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. - 30 Jun 2026: New secretary appointed: RUDGE, Peter Jay. Company secretary change recorded on 30 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. - 25 Nov 2025: New person with significant control: Miss Sally Elizabeth Abbatt. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Nov 2025. 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. - 24 Nov 2025: New person with significant control: Mr Toby Christopher Gomersall. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Nov 2025. 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. - 23 Nov 2025: New person with significant control: Mr William Henry Gomersall. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 Nov 2025. 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. - 22 Nov 2025: New person with significant control: Mr Thomas Alan Gomersall. Change to people with significant control recorded on 22 Nov 2025. 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. - 20 Mar 2023: Director resigned: MYERS, Allan Keith. Director change recorded on 20 Mar 2023. 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 Jul 2022: New director appointed: RUDGE, Peter Jay. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 2022. 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. - 4 Apr 2022: New director appointed: CRAWFORD, James Douglas. Director change recorded on 4 Apr 2022. 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. - 23 Sep 2020: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 23 Sep 2020. 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. - 22 Sep 2020: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Sep 2020. 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. - 27 Nov 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 27 Nov 2019. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Sep 2019: Director resigned: KERNAN, Charles Peabody Hadden. Director change recorded on 26 Sep 2019. 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. - 17 Oct 2017: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 17 Oct 2017. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 20 Jul 2016: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 20 Jul 2016. 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 Jun 2016: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share filing recorded on 28 Jun 2016, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Dr Ian Robert Gomersall as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 7 Jul 2015: New director appointed: WHITWORTH, Sonya Jane. Director change recorded on 7 Jul 2015. 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 Jul 2015: New director appointed: MCANULLA, Andrew John. Director change recorded on 7 Jul 2015. 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. - 28 May 2015: New director appointed: KERNAN, Charles Peabody Hadden. Director change recorded on 28 May 2015. 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 BTL Group Ltd ### Is BTL Group Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. BTL Group Ltd in Shipley is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can BTL Group Ltd sponsor? BTL Group Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is BTL Group Ltd based? The register lists BTL Group Ltd at Salts Mill Victoria Road, Saltaire, Shipley, England, BD18 3LF. 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 01878927. 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/btl-group-ltd-shipley-713525 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/btl-group-ltd-shipley-713525.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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