The register
The register lists Croydon Metropolitan College in Croydon as a licensed sponsor on Skilled Worker, an entry that goes back to at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Croydon Metropolitan College Limited, number 05926424, incorporated 2006: 20 years of filings behind the name. The registered office is at 30-32 South End, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 1DN, CR0 1DN. By its SIC codes the business is in education. It has traded under other names before, including Croydon Tutorial College Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Croydon Metropolitan College the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.