--- title: "Ascot International (1996) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ascot-international-1996-limited-cheshire-769304 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 --- # Ascot International (1996) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Ascot International (1996) Limited (Companies House 04190346, Cheshire) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Cheshire - Registered address: Ascot House, Welcroft Street, Stockport, Cheshire, England, SK1 3DF - Companies House number: 04190346 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04190346) - Website: https://www.ascot1.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascot-international/ - 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/ascot-international-1996-limited-cheshire-769304 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 114 licensed sponsors in Cheshire: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cheshire - 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 8 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 26 Sep 2022: New director appointed: SETHI, Aviral. Director change recorded on 26 Sep 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. - 26 Sep 2022: New director appointed: SETHI, Avnish. Director change recorded on 26 Sep 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. - 30 Sep 2021: Notification of Ascot International Group Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 30 Sep 2021. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 30 Sep 2021: Cessation of Mr Subhash Kantilal Patel as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Sep 2021. 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. - 30 Sep 2021: Director resigned: PATEL, Subhash Kantilal. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2021. 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. - 22 Apr 2016: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 22 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Subhash Kantilal Patel. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Nitin Sethi. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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 Ascot International (1996) Limited ### Is Ascot International (1996) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ascot International (1996) Limited in Cheshire is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Ascot International (1996) Limited sponsor? Ascot International (1996) Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Ascot International (1996) Limited based? The register lists Ascot International (1996) Limited at Ascot House, Welcroft Street, Stockport, Cheshire, England, SK1 3DF. 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 04190346. 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/ascot-international-1996-limited-cheshire-769304 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ascot-international-1996-limited-cheshire-769304.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.