--- title: "Story Contracting Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/story-contracting-ltd-carlisle-740069 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 --- # Story Contracting Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Story Contracting Ltd (Companies House 03709861, Carlisle) 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 3 September 2021 (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: 3 September 2021 - Legal name: STORY CONTRACTING LIMITED - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: Carlisle - Registered address: Burgh Road Industrial Estate, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 7NA - Companies House number: 03709861 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03709861) - Website: https://www.storycontracting.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/story-contracting-limited - 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/story-contracting-ltd-carlisle-740069 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 90 licensed sponsors in Carlisle: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/carlisle - 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: - 19 Feb 2024: Director resigned: BUTTERWORTH, Jason Lee. Director change recorded on 19 Feb 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. - 1 May 2023: New director appointed: BUTTERWORTH, Jason Lee. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. - 1 Apr 2023: New director appointed: JOY, Andrew Robert. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2023: Director resigned: BUTTERWORTH, Jason Lee. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Dec 2022: Director resigned: MCNICHOLAS, Barry. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 30 Sep 2022: Director resigned: POWNALL, Lindsey Jane. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 6 Jun 2022: New director appointed: STORY, John Frederick. Director change recorded on 6 Jun 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. - 1 Apr 2022: New director appointed: MCNICHOLAS, Barry. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. 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 0 live vacancies tracked for this employer (2 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Administrator · Stainton, Carlisle · £61,789 · expired · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/land/ad/5883962698?se=ehA6Eemx8RGGccAI3n8twQ&utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3&v=96EDEDCBC7A3D3757051843B015A9C0E5DEB4E29 - Yard / Pickup Driver · Stirchley, Birmingham · £31,220 · expired · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/land/ad/5847072895?se=5B1GJDeb8RG33K-LVeyx-w&utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3&v=200C2AB3A18B7AD6E9E185EEB1CCD0EAA377AB2C A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Story Contracting Ltd ### Is Story Contracting Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Story Contracting Ltd in Carlisle is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Story Contracting Ltd sponsor? Story Contracting Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Story Contracting Ltd based? The register lists Story Contracting Ltd at Burgh Road Industrial Estate, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 7NA. 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 03709861. 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/story-contracting-ltd-carlisle-740069 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/story-contracting-ltd-carlisle-740069.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.