--- title: "Chandlers Garage Holdings Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/chandlers-garage-holdings-limited-kent-769886 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 --- # Chandlers Garage Holdings Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Chandlers Garage Holdings Limited (Companies House 03211322, Kent) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 28 August 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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 28 August 2020 - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: Kent - Registered address: First Point St. Leonards Road, Allington, Maidstone, Kent, England, ME16 0LS - Companies House number: 03211322 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03211322) - Website: https://www.group1worthingbmw.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/group1bmw - 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/chandlers-garage-holdings-limited-kent-769886 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 393 licensed sponsors in Kent: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/kent - One of 6,274 in Travel, Transport & Mobility: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/travel-transport-mobility - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 26 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 24 Aug 2026: New director appointed: STRIKE, Craig Rodney. Director change recorded on 24 Aug 2026. 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. - 24 Aug 2026: New director appointed: CADELL, Jane. Director change recorded on 24 Aug 2026. 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 Jun 2026: New director appointed: AHMAD, Farheen. Director change recorded on 5 Jun 2026. 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. - 19 May 2026: Director resigned: RABAN, Mark Douglas. Director change recorded on 19 May 2026. 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 Mar 2026: Director resigned: LEEDER, Mark. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2026. 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. - 3 Mar 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 3 Mar 2026. 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. - 15 Jan 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Jan 2026. 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 Sep 2025: Director resigned: SOUTHWICK, Philip. Director change recorded on 4 Sep 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. - 19 Mar 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Mar 2025. 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. - 17 Jan 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 17 Jan 2025. 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. - 1 Nov 2024: Director resigned: KENNINGHAM, Daryl. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Oct 2024: New director appointed: RABAN, Mark Douglas. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 13 Jan 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 13 Jan 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 Nov 2023: New director appointed: LEEDER, Mark. Director change recorded on 21 Nov 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. - 21 Nov 2023: New director appointed: SOUTHWICK, Philip. Director change recorded on 21 Nov 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. - 27 Mar 2023: Director resigned: BRIDGLAND, Mark. Director change recorded on 27 Mar 2023. 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 Jan 2023: Director resigned: BURMAN, Darryl Michael. Director change recorded on 16 Jan 2023. 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 Jan 2023: New director appointed: HOBSON, Gillian. Director change recorded on 16 Jan 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. - 6 Jan 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Jan 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. - 1 Sep 2022: New director appointed: KENNINGHAM, Daryl. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Sep 2022: Director resigned: HESTERBERG, Earl Julius. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2022: Director resigned: RODRIGUES FERREIRA, Roberto. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 12 Aug 2022: New director appointed: BRIDGLAND, Mark. Director change recorded on 12 Aug 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. - 11 Jan 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 11 Jan 2021. 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. - 9 Oct 2020: New director appointed: RODRIGUES FERREIRA, Roberto. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 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. - + 1 earlier change on the web page 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 Chandlers Garage Holdings Limited ### Is Chandlers Garage Holdings Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Chandlers Garage Holdings Limited in Kent 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 Chandlers Garage Holdings Limited sponsor? Chandlers Garage Holdings Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Chandlers Garage Holdings Limited based? The register lists Chandlers Garage Holdings Limited at First Point St. Leonards Road, Allington, Maidstone, Kent, England, ME16 0LS. 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 03211322. 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/chandlers-garage-holdings-limited-kent-769886 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/chandlers-garage-holdings-limited-kent-769886.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.