The register
The register lists Crying Out Loud in Portsmouth as a licensed sponsor on Creative Worker, an entry that goes back to at least 2026. The register records its rating as Temporary Worker (A rating).
Crying Out Loud Limited is the registered name (Companies House number 02650108), a company limited by guarantee on the register since 1991. Registered office: Venture House The Tanneries, East Street, Titchfield, Hampshire, PO14 4AR, PO14 4AR. By its SIC codes the business is in arts, sport and leisure. It has traded under other names before, including The Vision Network Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Crying Out Loud the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.