--- title: "Merlin ERD Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/merlin-erd-ltd-perth-757747 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 --- # Merlin ERD Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Merlin ERD Ltd (Companies House SC333348, Perth) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: MERLIN ERD LIMITED - Industry: Energy, Utilities & Sustainability - Town: Perth - Registered address: Merlin House, Necessity Brae, Perth, Perthshire, PH2 0PF - Companies House number: SC333348 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC333348) - Website: https://merlinerd.com - 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/merlin-erd-ltd-perth-757747 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 83 licensed sponsors in Perth: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/perth - One of 1,957 in Energy, Utilities & Sustainability: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/energy-utilities-sustainability - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 34 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 27 May 2026: Notification of Mr Colin Alexander Grant as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 27 May 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. - 27 May 2026: Cessation of Colin Alexander Grant, Kirstene Anne Maccorquodale, Craig Allardyce And Michal Szlachta As Trustees Of The Merlin Erd Limited Employee Ownership Trust as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 27 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. - 26 May 2026: Notification of Kirstene Anne Maccorquodale as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 26 May 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. - 26 May 2026: Notification of Mr Craig Allardyce as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 26 May 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. - 26 May 2026: Notification of Mr Michal Grzegorz Szlachta as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 26 May 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. - 22 May 2026: Director resigned: RAMAGE, Ronald John. 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. - 29 Sep 2025: New director appointed: STEWART, Callum David Alexander. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 2025. 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. - 10 Mar 2025: New director appointed: MATHIESON, Derek. Director change recorded on 10 Mar 2025. 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. - 16 Sep 2024: New secretary appointed: MILLER, Iain Purdom. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Sep 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. - 15 Jun 2023: New director appointed: ARMSTRONG, Neil Robert. Director change recorded on 15 Jun 2023. 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. - 2 Feb 2023: Director resigned: HUTCHISON, Iain James. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 7 Sep 2022: Director resigned: ARMSTRONG, Neil Robert, Mr.. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 7 Sep 2022: New director appointed: MCGREGOR, Stewart Mcfarlane. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 28 May 2021: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 28 May 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 May 2021: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 10 May 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. - 12 Feb 2021: Secretary resigned: HUTCHISON, Deborah Mary. Company secretary change recorded on 12 Feb 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. - 12 Feb 2021: New director appointed: GRANT, Colin Alexander. Director change recorded on 12 Feb 2021. 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. - 12 Feb 2021: New director appointed: ANDERSON, John Crawford. Director change recorded on 12 Feb 2021. 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. - 25 Nov 2020: Director resigned: CAMPBELL, Neil Mackay. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 2020. 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. - 12 Dec 2019: New director appointed: RAMAGE, Ronald John. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 2019. 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. - 12 Dec 2019: New director appointed: CAMPBELL, Neil Mackay. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 2019. 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. - 12 Dec 2019: Director resigned: GRANT, Colin Alexander. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 2019. 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. - 12 Dec 2019: Director resigned: MILLER, Iain Purdom. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 2019. 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. - 6 Jun 2019: Cessation of Mr Iain James Hutchison as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Jun 2019. 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. - 8 Aug 2018: New director appointed: GRANT, Colin Alexander. Director change recorded on 8 Aug 2018. 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. - + 9 earlier changes on the web page 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 Merlin ERD Ltd ### Is Merlin ERD Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Merlin ERD Ltd in Perth is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Merlin ERD Ltd sponsor? Merlin ERD Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Merlin ERD Ltd based? The register lists Merlin ERD Ltd at Merlin House, Necessity Brae, Perth, Perthshire, PH2 0PF. 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 SC333348. 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/merlin-erd-ltd-perth-757747 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/merlin-erd-ltd-perth-757747.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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