--- title: "Scoops Portswood Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/scoops-portswood-limited-southampton-733632 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 --- # Scoops Portswood Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Scoops Portswood Limited (Companies House 14652186, Southampton) 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 March 2024 (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 March 2024 - Legal name: SCOOPS PORTSWOOD LTD - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Southampton - Registered address: 253 Portswood Road, Southampton, England, SO17 2NG - Companies House number: 14652186 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14652186) - 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/scoops-portswood-limited-southampton-733632 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 573 licensed sponsors in Southampton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/southampton - 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 4 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 12 Mar 2025: Notification of Mr Mohammed Naeem Ahmed as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 12 Mar 2025. 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. - 12 Mar 2025: Cessation of Ms Stefania Ruxandra Opris as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Mar 2025. 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. - 12 Mar 2025: Director resigned: OPRIS, Stefania Ruxandra. Director change recorded on 12 Mar 2025. 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 Mar 2025: New director appointed: AHMED, Mohammed Naeem. Director change recorded on 12 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. 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 Scoops Portswood Limited ### Is Scoops Portswood Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Scoops Portswood Limited in Southampton is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Scoops Portswood Limited sponsor? Scoops Portswood Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Scoops Portswood Limited based? The register lists Scoops Portswood Limited at 253 Portswood Road, Southampton, England, SO17 2NG. 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 14652186. 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/scoops-portswood-limited-southampton-733632 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/scoops-portswood-limited-southampton-733632.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.