The register
The register lists Portland College in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire 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).
Companies House lists it as Portland College, number 00408340, incorporated 1946: 80 years of filings behind the name. Registered office: Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Notts, NG18 4TJ, NG18 4TJ. Its filed activity puts it in education. It has traded under other names before, including Portland Training College for the Disabled..
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Portland College the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.