--- title: "Makani Arab Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/makani-arab-limited-edinburgh-765693 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 --- # Makani Arab Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Makani Arab Limited (Companies House SC810744, Edinburgh) 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 25 February 2025 (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: 25 February 2025 - Also known as: MAKANI INDIAN ARAB KITCHEN - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Edinburgh - Registered address: 88 Haymarket Terrace Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 5LQ - Companies House number: SC810744 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC810744) - 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/makani-arab-limited-edinburgh-765693 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,178 licensed sponsors in Edinburgh: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/edinburgh - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - 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 1 November 2026, newest first: - 22 May 2026: Cessation of Mrs Balsam Basheer as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 22 May 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. - 22 May 2026: Director resigned: BASHEER, Balsam. Director change recorded on 22 May 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. - 21 May 2026: New person with significant control: Mrs Balsam Basheer. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 May 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. - 30 Apr 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 30 Apr 2026. 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. - 6 Apr 2026: New director appointed: BASHEER, Balsam. Director change recorded on 6 Apr 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 Makani Arab Limited ### Is Makani Arab Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Makani Arab Limited in Edinburgh is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Makani Arab Limited sponsor? Makani Arab Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Makani Arab Limited based? The register lists Makani Arab Limited at 88 Haymarket Terrace Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 5LQ. 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 SC810744. 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/makani-arab-limited-edinburgh-765693 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/makani-arab-limited-edinburgh-765693.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.