--- title: "Sterling Meat Company Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sterling-meat-company-ltd-manchester-739828 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 --- # Sterling Meat Company Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Sterling Meat Company Ltd (Companies House 11690895, Manchester) 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 29 September 2022 (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: 29 September 2022 - Legal name: STERLING MEAT COMPANY LIMITED - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Manchester - Registered address: Chaddock Lane Astley, Tyldesley, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom, M29 7JY - Companies House number: 11690895 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11690895) - Website: https://salfordshoppingcentre.com/shops/sterling-meat-company/ - 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/sterling-meat-company-ltd-manchester-739828 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 2,872 licensed sponsors in Manchester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/manchester - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 3 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 13 Oct 2026: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 13 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 10 Nov 2026. - 18 Sep 2024: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 18 Sep 2024. 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. - 17 Sep 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 17 Sep 2024. 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. 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 Sterling Meat Company Ltd ### Is Sterling Meat Company Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Sterling Meat Company Ltd in Manchester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Sterling Meat Company Ltd sponsor? Sterling Meat Company Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Sterling Meat Company Ltd based? The register lists Sterling Meat Company Ltd at Chaddock Lane Astley, Tyldesley, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom, M29 7JY. 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 11690895. 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/sterling-meat-company-ltd-manchester-739828 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sterling-meat-company-ltd-manchester-739828.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.