--- title: "Ground Construction Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ground-construction-limited-welwyn-garden-city-776404 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 --- # Ground Construction Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Ground Construction Limited (trading as GCL; Companies House 03460896; Welwyn Garden City) 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 May 2021 (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 May 2021 - Trading as: GCL - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: Welwyn Garden City - Registered address: 2-3 Little Burrows, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL7 4SP - Companies House number: 03460896 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03460896) - Website: https://www.groundconstruction.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9318665 - 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/ground-construction-limited-welwyn-garden-city-776404 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 84 licensed sponsors in Welwyn Garden City: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/welwyn-garden-city - One of 10,203 in Property & Construction: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/property-construction - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 7 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 24 Feb 2023: Director resigned: HORAN, Damian Philip. Director change recorded on 24 Feb 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 Aug 2022: New director appointed: HORAN, Damian Philip. Director change recorded on 9 Aug 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. - 13 May 2022: Director resigned: FENNESSY, Anne Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 13 May 2022. 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 Feb 2022: New director appointed: BELL, Stephen. Director change recorded on 17 Feb 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. - 14 Sep 2021: Director resigned: POWER, John Joe. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 2021. 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. - 14 Jun 2021: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 14 Jun 2021. 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 Jun 2021: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 10 Jun 2021. 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. 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 Ground Construction Limited ### Is Ground Construction Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ground Construction Limited in Welwyn Garden City is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Ground Construction Limited sponsor? Ground Construction Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Ground Construction Limited based? The register lists Ground Construction Limited at 2-3 Little Burrows, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL7 4SP. 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 03460896. 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/ground-construction-limited-welwyn-garden-city-776404 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ground-construction-limited-welwyn-garden-city-776404.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.