--- title: "Arena Retail Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/arena-retail-ltd-portsmouth-807906 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 --- # Arena Retail Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Arena Retail Ltd (Portsmouth) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 21 January 2026 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 21 January 2026 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Portsmouth - Companies House number: 15202978 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15202978) - 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/arena-retail-ltd-portsmouth-807906 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 254 licensed sponsors in Portsmouth: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/portsmouth - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 2 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 20 Oct 2026: New person with significant control: Sarel Holdings Ltd. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 17 Nov 2026. - 20 Oct 2026: Cessation of Mr Ibrahim Avcil as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 17 Nov 2026. 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 No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about Arena Retail Ltd ### Is Arena Retail Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Arena Retail Ltd in Portsmouth is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2026. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Arena Retail Ltd sponsor? Arena Retail Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Arena Retail Ltd based? The register lists Arena Retail Ltd at Portsmouth. 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. 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/arena-retail-ltd-portsmouth-807906 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/arena-retail-ltd-portsmouth-807906.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.