--- title: "Simon Friend Entertainment Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/simon-friend-entertainment-limited-london-749290 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 --- # Simon Friend Entertainment Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Simon Friend Entertainment Limited (Companies House 09485744, London) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Creative Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 12 July 2019 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker - First seen on the register: 12 July 2019 - Legal name: MELTING POT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: London - Registered address: C/O Friend Partnership Limited Eleven Brindleyplace, 2 Brunswick Square, Birmingham, England, B1 2LP - Companies House number: 09485744 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09485744) - Website: https://www.sfentertainment.co.uk - 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/simon-friend-entertainment-limited-london-749290 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 5 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 22 Apr 2026: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 22 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. - 28 Apr 2025: Company name changed, now trading as "MELTING POT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 28 Apr 2025. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 14 Mar 2024: Secretary resigned: MARCH, Amanda Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Mar 2024. 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 Mar 2024: New secretary appointed: BRADLEY, George. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 27 Feb 2020: New director appointed: OSMOLSKA, Hanna Catherine. Director change recorded on 27 Feb 2020. 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 Simon Friend Entertainment Limited ### Is Simon Friend Entertainment Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Simon Friend Entertainment Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Simon Friend Entertainment Limited sponsor? Simon Friend Entertainment Limited is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Simon Friend Entertainment Limited based? The register lists Simon Friend Entertainment Limited at C/O Friend Partnership Limited Eleven Brindleyplace, 2 Brunswick Square, Birmingham, England, B1 2LP. 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 09485744. 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/simon-friend-entertainment-limited-london-749290 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/simon-friend-entertainment-limited-london-749290.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.