--- title: "Stone Key (Blackburn) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stone-key-blackburn-ltd-blackburn-740005 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 --- # Stone Key (Blackburn) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Stone Key (Blackburn) Ltd (Blackburn) 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 9 March 2023 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 9 March 2023 - Legal name: STONE KEY ( BLACKBURN ) LTD - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: Blackburn - Companies House number: 12400851 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12400851) - Website: https://www.stonekey.co.uk/blackburn/ - 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/stone-key-blackburn-ltd-blackburn-740005 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 316 licensed sponsors in Blackburn: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/blackburn - One of 10,203 in Property & Construction: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/property-construction - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 8 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 17 Jan 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Noorahmed Raja. Change to people with significant control recorded on 17 Jan 2024. 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. - 17 Jan 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Bahauddin Raja. Change to people with significant control recorded on 17 Jan 2024. 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. - 17 Jan 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Panahali Raja. Change to people with significant control recorded on 17 Jan 2024. 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. - 17 Jan 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Muhibbullah Raja. Change to people with significant control recorded on 17 Jan 2024. 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. - 13 Dec 2023: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 13 Dec 2023. 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 Dec 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 12 Dec 2023. 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. - 11 Dec 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 11 Dec 2023. 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. - 23 Nov 2023: Cessation of Mr Bahauddin Raja as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 Nov 2023. 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. 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 Stone Key (Blackburn) Ltd ### Is Stone Key (Blackburn) Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Stone Key (Blackburn) Ltd in Blackburn is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Stone Key (Blackburn) Ltd sponsor? Stone Key (Blackburn) Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Stone Key (Blackburn) Ltd based? The register lists Stone Key (Blackburn) Ltd at Blackburn. 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. 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/stone-key-blackburn-ltd-blackburn-740005 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stone-key-blackburn-ltd-blackburn-740005.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.