--- title: "Coya (Restaurant) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/coya-restaurant-limited-london-732376 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 --- # Coya (Restaurant) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Coya (Restaurant) Limited (trading as COYA London; Companies House 07824813; London) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Creative Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 5 October 2013 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 5 October 2013 - Trading as: COYA London - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: London - Registered address: 5 Market Yard Mews, 194-204 Bermondsey Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 3TQ - Companies House number: 07824813 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07824813) - Website: https://coyarestaurant.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/228474 - 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/coya-restaurant-limited-london-732376 ## 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 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 17 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 2 Jul 2026: Director resigned: WANEY, Pritam Chanrai. Director change recorded on 2 Jul 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. - 5 Jun 2025: Cessation of Ferit Faik Sahenk as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 Jun 2025. 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. - 5 Jun 2025: Cessation of Filiz Sahenk as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 Jun 2025. 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. - 8 Apr 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 8 Apr 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. - 21 Sep 2021: New director appointed: BUYUKKAYA, Cem, Mr.. Director change recorded on 21 Sep 2021. 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. - 4 May 2021: Director resigned: AMMAR, Adam Bel Hadj. Director change recorded on 4 May 2021. 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 Dec 2018: Director resigned: WANEY, Arjun Chainrai. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 2018. 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. - 10 Jan 2018: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 10 Jan 2018. 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 2017: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 17 Jan 2017. 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. - 28 Jun 2016: New person with significant control: Ferit Faik Sahenk. Change to people with significant control recorded on 28 Jun 2016. 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. - 28 Jun 2016: New person with significant control: Filiz Sahenk. Change to people with significant control recorded on 28 Jun 2016. 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. - 17 Jun 2016: Director resigned: VADEE, Ariel. Director change recorded on 17 Jun 2016. 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. - 17 Jun 2016: Director resigned: VILLAMIZAR, Jose Luis. Director change recorded on 17 Jun 2016. 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. - 25 Mar 2015: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 25 Mar 2015. 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. - 16 Mar 2015: New corporate-secretary appointed: CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Mar 2015. 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. - 10 Jan 2015: New director appointed: AKDAG, Kemal Tevfik. Director change recorded on 10 Jan 2015. 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 Jun 2014: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 24 Jun 2014. 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 Coya (Restaurant) Limited ### Is Coya (Restaurant) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Coya (Restaurant) Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Coya (Restaurant) Limited sponsor? Coya (Restaurant) Limited is licensed for Creative Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Coya (Restaurant) Limited based? The register lists Coya (Restaurant) Limited at 5 Market Yard Mews, 194-204 Bermondsey Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 3TQ. 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 07824813. 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/coya-restaurant-limited-london-732376 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/coya-restaurant-limited-london-732376.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.