--- title: "A.B. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/a-b-hotels-the-arch-london-limited-london-788521 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # A.B. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, A.B. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited (trading as The Prince Akatoki London; Companies House 09985427; London) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 29 October 2019 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 29 October 2019 - Trading as: The Prince Akatoki London - Also known as: The Arch London - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: London - Registered address: 50 Great Cumberland Place, London, England, W1H 7FD - Companies House number: 09985427 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09985427) - Website: https://www.theprinceakatokilondon.com - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/a-b-hotels-the-arch-london-limited-london-788521 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 9 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Apr 2026: Cessation of Mr Tetsuhisa Tashiro as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Apr 2026. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Apr 2026: Director resigned: TASHIRO, Tetsuhisa. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Aug 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Lee Richards. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Aug 2024. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Aug 2024: Director resigned: WAN, Simon Che Hing. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Aug 2024: New director appointed: RICHARDS, Lee. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Mar 2023: Director resigned: KANEDA, Yoshiki. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Apr 2022: New person with significant control: Mr Tetsuhisa Tashiro. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Apr 2022. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Apr 2022: New director appointed: TASHIRO, Tetsuhisa. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2022. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 Dec 2019: Director resigned: AMIKURA, Jiro. Director change recorded on 17 Dec 2019. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs 1 live vacancy tracked for this employer (2 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Human Resources Manager · Hyde Park, West London · £48,856 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5894624729?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - Human Resources Manager · Hyde Park, West London · £48,856 · expired · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/land/ad/5894228577?se=WE3WTbC68RGMpKf8dH_tKQ&utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3&v=742EBEB13E8F30186F85028CCFB0382F7E05EE7A All listings: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/jobs?sponsorId=788521&employer=A.B.%20Hotels%20(The%20Arch%20London)%20Limited A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about A.B. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited ### Is A.B. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. A.B. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can A.B. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited sponsor? A.B. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Does A.B. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited have any jobs open right now? We are currently tracking 1 live vacancy from A.B. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited on UK job boards. Not every job offers sponsorship, so check the advert or ask the employer. ### Where is A.B. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited based? The register lists A.B. Hotels (The Arch London) Limited at 50 Great Cumberland Place, London, England, W1H 7FD. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 09985427. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/a-b-hotels-the-arch-london-limited-london-788521 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/a-b-hotels-the-arch-london-limited-london-788521.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.