--- title: "Crying Out Loud: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/crying-out-loud-portsmouth-745496 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 --- # Crying Out Loud: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Crying Out Loud (Companies House 02650108, Portsmouth) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Creative Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 14 December 2022 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker - First seen on the register: 14 December 2022 - Legal name: CRYING OUT LOUD LIMITED - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Portsmouth - Registered address: Somerset House, Strand, London, England, WC2R 1LA - Companies House number: 02650108 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02650108) - Website: https://www.cryingoutloud.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/crying-out-loud-portsmouth-745496 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 254 licensed sponsors in Portsmouth: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/portsmouth - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 6 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 5 Nov 2024: Director resigned: SALA FONT, Marta. Director change recorded on 5 Nov 2024. 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. - 5 Nov 2024: New director appointed: O'REILLY, Amanda Jane. Director change recorded on 5 Nov 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. - 20 May 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 May 2024. 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. - 8 May 2024: New director appointed: SHEPPARD, Andrea Yvonne. Director change recorded on 8 May 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. - 8 May 2024: New director appointed: POTTEN, Anna Lesley. Director change recorded on 8 May 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. - 8 Feb 2024: Director resigned: NGUYEN, Hai Ly. Director change recorded on 8 Feb 2024. 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 Crying Out Loud ### Is Crying Out Loud a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Crying Out Loud in Portsmouth is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Crying Out Loud sponsor? Crying Out Loud is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Crying Out Loud based? The register lists Crying Out Loud at Somerset House, Strand, London, England, WC2R 1LA. 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 02650108. 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/crying-out-loud-portsmouth-745496 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/crying-out-loud-portsmouth-745496.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.