The register
First Friendly Finance Ltd, Manchester, holds a Home Office sponsor licence on the Skilled Worker route, and has been on the register since at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is First Friendly Finance Ltd (company number 13437971), a private limited company incorporated in 2021, 5 years ago. The registered office is at Unit 5 Lava House, 57-63 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, M4 4FS, M4 4FS. By its SIC codes the business is in retail. It has traded under other names before, including First Friendly Group Ltd.
For a candidate this means one less obstacle: First Friendly Finance Ltd already has the licence most employers would have to apply for. The rest is the ordinary job of getting the interview.