--- title: "GKR Grocers Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/gkr-grocers-ltd-stirling-781347 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 --- # GKR Grocers Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, GKR Grocers Ltd (Companies House SC570939, Stirling) 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 6 October 2023 (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: 6 October 2023 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Stirling - Registered address: 44, G K R, Morrison Drive, Stirling, Scotland, FK7 0HZ - Companies House number: SC570939 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC570939) - 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/gkr-grocers-ltd-stirling-781347 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 74 licensed sponsors in Stirling: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/stirling - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 4 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Jul 2026: Notification of Mr Zia Sattar Ali as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Jul 2026. 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. - 1 Jul 2026: Cessation of Mr Zia Sattar Ali as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 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. - 1 Jul 2026: Director resigned: ALI, Zia Sattar. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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 Jul 2026: New director appointed: ALI, Zia Sattar. Director change recorded on 1 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. 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 GKR Grocers Ltd ### Is GKR Grocers Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. GKR Grocers Ltd in Stirling is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can GKR Grocers Ltd sponsor? GKR Grocers Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is GKR Grocers Ltd based? The register lists GKR Grocers Ltd at 44, G K R, Morrison Drive, Stirling, Scotland, FK7 0HZ. 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 SC570939. 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/gkr-grocers-ltd-stirling-781347 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/gkr-grocers-ltd-stirling-781347.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.