--- title: "COVENT GARDEN HARDWARE STORE LTD T/A The Lowdown: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/covent-garden-hardware-store-ltd-t-a-the-lowdown-london-726792 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-02 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # COVENT GARDEN HARDWARE STORE LTD T/A The Lowdown: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, COVENT GARDEN HARDWARE STORE LTD T/A The Lowdown (Companies House 13644829, 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 22 January 2025 (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: 22 January 2025 - Legal name: COVENT GARDEN HARDWARE STORE LTD - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: London - Registered address: 38 Bedford Street 38 Bedford Street, Ground Floor, London, England, WC2E 9EN - Companies House number: 13644829 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13644829) - Register data as of: 2 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/covent-garden-hardware-store-ltd-t-a-the-lowdown-london-726792 ## 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 2 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 1 Nov 2026: Company is in liquidation at Companies House. Company status change recorded on 1 Nov 2026 (in liquidation). If your organisation has stopped trading or become insolvent, this must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. The 20-working-day window runs to about 27 Nov 2026. - 28 Oct 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 28 Oct 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. 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 COVENT GARDEN HARDWARE STORE LTD T/A The Lowdown ### Is COVENT GARDEN HARDWARE STORE LTD T/A The Lowdown a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. COVENT GARDEN HARDWARE STORE LTD T/A The Lowdown in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can COVENT GARDEN HARDWARE STORE LTD T/A The Lowdown sponsor? COVENT GARDEN HARDWARE STORE LTD T/A The Lowdown is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is COVENT GARDEN HARDWARE STORE LTD T/A The Lowdown based? The register lists COVENT GARDEN HARDWARE STORE LTD T/A The Lowdown at 38 Bedford Street 38 Bedford Street, Ground Floor, London, England, WC2E 9EN. 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 2 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 13644829. 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/covent-garden-hardware-store-ltd-t-a-the-lowdown-london-726792 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/covent-garden-hardware-store-ltd-t-a-the-lowdown-london-726792.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.