The register
The register lists Ford Retail Limited in Colchester as a licensed sponsor on Skilled Worker, an entry that goes back to at least 2026. Its rating on the register is Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is Ford Retail Limited (company number 00191596), a private limited company incorporated in 1923, 103 years ago. The registered office is at 2 Charter Court Newcomen Way, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9YA, CO4 9YA. By its SIC codes the business is in motor trade and vehicle repair. It has traded under other names before, including Polar Motor Company Limited, Polar Motor Company (york) Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Ford Retail Limited the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.