--- title: "Asia Food Store Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/asia-food-store-limited-croydon-795259 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 --- # Asia Food Store Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Asia Food Store Limited (Companies House 09473473, Croydon) 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 12 August 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: 12 August 2022 - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Croydon - Registered address: 249 London Road, Croydon, United Kingdom, CR0 2RL - Companies House number: 09473473 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09473473) - 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/asia-food-store-limited-croydon-795259 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 534 licensed sponsors in Croydon: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/croydon - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 3 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 15 Sep 2022: Notification of Mr Gul Muhammad Ghori as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 15 Sep 2022. 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. - 15 Sep 2022: Cessation of Mr Muhammad Arif as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 10 Sep 2022: New director appointed: GHORI, Gul Muhammad. Director change recorded on 10 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. 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 Asia Food Store Limited ### Is Asia Food Store Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Asia Food Store Limited in Croydon 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 Asia Food Store Limited sponsor? Asia Food Store Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Asia Food Store Limited based? The register lists Asia Food Store Limited at 249 London Road, Croydon, United Kingdom, CR0 2RL. 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 09473473. 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/asia-food-store-limited-croydon-795259 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/asia-food-store-limited-croydon-795259.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.