--- title: "Union Direct Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/union-direct-ltd-edinburgh-748928 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 --- # Union Direct Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Union Direct Ltd (Companies House SC202187, Edinburgh) 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 December 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: 9 December 2024 - Legal name: UNION DIRECT LIMITED - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Edinburgh - Registered address: 18 Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, EH3 5NS - Companies House number: SC202187 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC202187) - 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/union-direct-ltd-edinburgh-748928 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,178 licensed sponsors in Edinburgh: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/edinburgh - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 9 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 29 May 2025: New person with significant control: Union Group Eot Limited. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 May 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. - 29 May 2025: Cessation of Mr Ian Henderson Mcateer as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 May 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. - 29 May 2025: Director resigned: LINDSAY, Andrew Charles. Director change recorded on 29 May 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. - 29 May 2025: Director resigned: CHALMERS, Angus William Douglas. Director change recorded on 29 May 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. - 29 May 2025: Director resigned: REID, Mark Thomas. Director change recorded on 29 May 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. - 29 May 2025: Director resigned: MCATEER, Ian Henderson. Director change recorded on 29 May 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. - 29 May 2025: New director appointed: KILLOUGH, Louise. Director change recorded on 29 May 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. - 29 May 2025: New director appointed: BATEY, Ian Daniel. Director change recorded on 29 May 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. - 29 May 2025: New director appointed: HART, Michael. Director change recorded on 29 May 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 Union Direct Ltd ### Is Union Direct Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Union Direct Ltd in Edinburgh 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 Union Direct Ltd sponsor? Union Direct Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Union Direct Ltd based? The register lists Union Direct Ltd at 18 Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, EH3 5NS. 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 SC202187. 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/union-direct-ltd-edinburgh-748928 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/union-direct-ltd-edinburgh-748928.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.