--- title: "Ciel Hotels Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ciel-hotels-limited-penrith-772901 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 --- # Ciel Hotels Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Ciel Hotels Limited (trading as Askham Hall; Companies House 06205548; Penrith) 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 2 September 2021 (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: 2 September 2021 - Trading as: Askham Hall - Also known as: George & Dragon; The Queens Head - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Penrith - Registered address: Askham Hall, Askham, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2PF - Companies House number: 06205548 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06205548) - Website: https://www.askhamhall.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vimeo/ - 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/ciel-hotels-limited-penrith-772901 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 27 licensed sponsors in Penrith: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/penrith - 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 4 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 14 Sep 2022: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 14 Sep 2022. 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. - 20 Jul 2022: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Jul 2022. 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. - 18 Jul 2022: New director appointed: CHIEZE, Nicolas. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 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. - 18 Jul 2022: New director appointed: SWALE, Richard John. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 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 Ciel Hotels Limited ### Is Ciel Hotels Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ciel Hotels Limited in Penrith is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Ciel Hotels Limited sponsor? Ciel Hotels Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Ciel Hotels Limited based? The register lists Ciel Hotels Limited at Askham Hall, Askham, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 2PF. 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 06205548. 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/ciel-hotels-limited-penrith-772901 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ciel-hotels-limited-penrith-772901.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.