--- title: "Victoria News Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/victoria-news-ltd-burnley-805189 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 --- # Victoria News Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Victoria News Ltd (Companies House 10787044, Burnley) 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 5 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: 5 September 2022 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Burnley - Registered address: 49-51 Victoria Road, Padiham, England, BB12 8RF - Companies House number: 10787044 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10787044) - Website: https://www.vicnews.com - LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/the-victoria-foundation - 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/victoria-news-ltd-burnley-805189 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 111 licensed sponsors in Burnley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/burnley - 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 1 change worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 24 May 2024: New director appointed: ALI, Tahir Akbar. Director change recorded on 24 May 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. 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 Victoria News Ltd ### Is Victoria News Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Victoria News Ltd in Burnley 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 Victoria News Ltd sponsor? Victoria News Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Victoria News Ltd based? The register lists Victoria News Ltd at 49-51 Victoria Road, Padiham, England, BB12 8RF. 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 10787044. 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/victoria-news-ltd-burnley-805189 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/victoria-news-ltd-burnley-805189.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.