The register
The register lists IP Group plc in London 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 IP Group PLC (company number 04204490), a public limited company incorporated in 2001, 25 years ago. The registered office is at 2nd Floor 3 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London, N1C 4AG, N1C 4AG. By its SIC codes the business is in finance and insurance. It has traded under other names before, including IP2ipo Group PLC, IP2ipo Group Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For IP Group plc the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.