Licensed sponsor
Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from London, according to the Home Office register.
HSBC Holdings plc is a public limited company (Companies House number 00617987), incorporated in January 1959, with its registered office in London. Companies House lists its business as activities of head offices. It is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker routes with a Worker (A (Premium)).
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 6 Oct 2026.
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Yes. HSBC Holdings plc is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker route. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
HSBC Holdings plc is registered with Companies House under company number 00617987, with its registered office in LONDON.
The register lists HSBC Holdings plc with a Worker (A (Premium)) rating.
HSBC Holdings plc is classified under Activities of head offices.
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On the register by January 2023, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. No changes to its licence since then.
We have no copy of the register between June 2024 and January 2025, so changes in that time show as a range.
Built by comparing copies of the Home Office register: worksponsors/data-process daily copies (from January 2023); our own daily register sync.
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296 other licensed sponsors in London have the same main industry code: activities of head offices (70100). Employers advertising jobs now are listed first.