--- title: "Lea Service Station Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lea-service-station-limited-preston-708727 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 --- # Lea Service Station Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Lea Service Station Limited (Companies House 10368516, Preston) 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 13 July 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: 13 July 2023 - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: Preston - Registered address: 834/836 Blackpool Road, Lea, Preston, Lancashire, England, PR2 1XL - Companies House number: 10368516 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10368516) - LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/metro-trains-melbourne - 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/lea-service-station-limited-preston-708727 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 397 licensed sponsors in Preston: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/preston - One of 6,274 in Travel, Transport & Mobility: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/travel-transport-mobility - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 5 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 23 Feb 2026: New person with significant control: Mr. Shabbir Ahmed Adam Molvi. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 Feb 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. - 20 Feb 2026: Cessation of Mr Shabbirahmed Adam Molvi as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Feb 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. - 15 Jan 2026: New person with significant control: Mr Shabbirahmed Adam Molvi. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Jan 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. - 15 Jan 2026: Cessation of Mr Aiyub Ibrahim Patel as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Jan 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. - 15 Jan 2026: New director appointed: MOLVI, Shabbirahmed Adam. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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 Lea Service Station Limited ### Is Lea Service Station Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Lea Service Station Limited in Preston 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 Lea Service Station Limited sponsor? Lea Service Station Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Lea Service Station Limited based? The register lists Lea Service Station Limited at 834/836 Blackpool Road, Lea, Preston, Lancashire, England, PR2 1XL. 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 10368516. 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/lea-service-station-limited-preston-708727 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lea-service-station-limited-preston-708727.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.