The register
adidas UK Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire, holds a Home Office sponsor licence covering 3 routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. It has been on the register since at least 2026. The register records its rating as Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is Adidas (U.K.) Limited (company number 01075951), a private limited company incorporated in 1972, 54 years ago. The registered office is at The Adidas Centre, Pepper Road, Hazel Grove,, Stockport, Cheshire., SK7 5SA, SK7 5SA. By its SIC codes the business is in wholesale. It has traded under other names before, including Umbro International (footwear) Limited.
For a candidate this means one less obstacle: adidas UK Ltd already has the licence most employers would have to apply for. The rest is the ordinary job of getting the interview.