The register
The register lists Soanes Poultry Ltd. in Driffield 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).
Soanes Poultry Ltd is the registered name (Companies House number 05217234), a private limited company on the register since 2004. Registered office: Church Hill Farm, Middleton-On-The-Wolds, Driffield, East Yorkshire, YO25 9UG, YO25 9UG. By its SIC codes the business is in food and drink manufacturing. It has traded under other names before, including T Soanes & Son (poultry) Ltd.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Soanes Poultry Ltd. the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.