--- title: "California Bidco Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/california-bidco-limited-hemel-hempstead-786358 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 --- # California Bidco Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, California Bidco Limited (trading as ECI Partners; Companies House 11552809; Hemel Hempstead) 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 14 January 2019 (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: 14 January 2019 - Trading as: ECI Partners - Industry: Financial Services - Town: Hemel Hempstead - Registered address: 7 Marchmont Gate, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordhsire, England, HP2 7BF - Companies House number: 11552809 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11552809) - Website: https://www.ecipartners.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eci-partners-llp - 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/california-bidco-limited-hemel-hempstead-786358 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 205 licensed sponsors in Hemel Hempstead: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hemel-hempstead - One of 7,429 in Financial Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/financial-services - 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 26 October 2026, newest first: - 14 Mar 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 14 Mar 2025. 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. - 30 Sep 2024: Director resigned: VENESS, Jacqueline Susan. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 30 Sep 2024: New director appointed: STRINGER, Martin James. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2024. 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. - 5 Jul 2024: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 4 May 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 4 May 2023. 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. - 14 Feb 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 14 Feb 2022. 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. - 30 Apr 2020: New director appointed: VENESS, Jacqueline Susan. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 2020. 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 Apr 2020: Director resigned: HOLLAND, Richard. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 2020. 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. - 31 Jan 2019: New director appointed: HOLLAND, Richard. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 2019. 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. - 31 Jan 2019: Director resigned: MOSS, George Thomas Edward. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 2019. 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. - 31 Jan 2019: New director appointed: CHADHA, Ajay Bhuneswarlal. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 2019. 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 California Bidco Limited ### Is California Bidco Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. California Bidco Limited in Hemel Hempstead is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can California Bidco Limited sponsor? California Bidco Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is California Bidco Limited based? The register lists California Bidco Limited at 7 Marchmont Gate, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordhsire, England, HP2 7BF. 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 11552809. 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/california-bidco-limited-hemel-hempstead-786358 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/california-bidco-limited-hemel-hempstead-786358.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.