--- title: "Barge East: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/barge-east-london-797631 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 --- # Barge East: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Barge East (Companies House 10756424, 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 6 March 2020 (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: 6 March 2020 - Legal name: BARGE EAST LTD - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: London - Registered address: Barge East (C/O Skuna Boats) St Peters Barge, Hertsmere Road, West India Quay, London, England, E14 4AL - Companies House number: 10756424 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10756424) - Website: https://www.bargeeast.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/barge-east-london-797631 ## 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 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 5 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 6 Nov 2023: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Nov 2023. 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. - 22 Feb 2023: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Feb 2023. 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. - 3 Nov 2022: New person with significant control: Robert Bland. Change to people with significant control recorded on 3 Nov 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. - 3 Nov 2022: Cessation of Mr Ryan Craig as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 3 Nov 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. - 3 Nov 2022: Director resigned: CRAIG, Ryan. Director change recorded on 3 Nov 2022. 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 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 Barge East ### Is Barge East a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Barge East in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Barge East sponsor? Barge East is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Barge East based? The register lists Barge East at Barge East (C/O Skuna Boats) St Peters Barge, Hertsmere Road, West India Quay, London, England, E14 4AL. 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 10756424. 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/barge-east-london-797631 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/barge-east-london-797631.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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