--- title: "Ark/8 Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ark-8-ltd-london-794591 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 --- # Ark/8 Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Ark/8 Ltd (Companies House 13997426, London) 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 31 October 2022 (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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 31 October 2022 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: London - Registered address: Herston Cross House, 230 High Street, Swanage, Dorset, United Kingdom, BH19 2PQ - Companies House number: 13997426 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13997426) - 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/ark-8-ltd-london-794591 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - 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 11 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 7 Nov 2025: New person with significant control: Mrs Fanny Anna Zelie Jeanine Van De Wijngaert. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Nov 2025. 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. - 7 Nov 2025: Cessation of Patricia Simone Bosquin as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Nov 2025. 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. - 7 Oct 2025: Director resigned: TILLBROOK, Alexander Peter. Director change recorded on 7 Oct 2025. 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. - 11 Nov 2024: Corporate-secretary resigned: MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 11 Nov 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. - 16 Oct 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 16 Oct 2024. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Jun 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 26 Jun 2024. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 21 Feb 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Dimitri Johannes Van Eetvelde. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Feb 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. - 21 Feb 2024: Cessation of Mr Dimitri Johannes Van Eetvelde as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Feb 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. - 26 Apr 2023: New corporate-secretary appointed: MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Apr 2023. 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. - 8 Dec 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 8 Dec 2022. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 7 Dec 2022: New person with significant control: Patricia Simone Bosquin. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Dec 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. 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 Ark/8 Ltd ### Is Ark/8 Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ark/8 Ltd in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Ark/8 Ltd sponsor? Ark/8 Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Ark/8 Ltd based? The register lists Ark/8 Ltd at Herston Cross House, 230 High Street, Swanage, Dorset, United Kingdom, BH19 2PQ. 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 13997426. 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/ark-8-ltd-london-794591 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ark-8-ltd-london-794591.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.