--- title: "Dougal Inns Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dougal-inns-ltd-caterham-on-the-hill-737238 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 --- # Dougal Inns Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Dougal Inns Ltd (trading as The Grumpy Mole; Companies House 07083523; Caterham On The Hill) 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 3 December 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: 3 December 2021 - Trading as: The Grumpy Mole - Legal name: DOUGAL INNS LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Caterham On The Hill - Registered address: Amlbenson, The Long Lodge 265-269 Kingston Road, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom, SW19 3NW - Companies House number: 07083523 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07083523) - 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/dougal-inns-ltd-caterham-on-the-hill-737238 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 15,158 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 122,156 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 6 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 11 Feb 2026: New director appointed: HOLDEN, Lucy. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 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. - 23 Oct 2024: New director appointed: HOLDEN, Joseph. Director change recorded on 23 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 Apr 2024: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 13 Apr 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. - 9 Aug 2023: Corporate-secretary resigned: AML REGISTRARS LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 9 Aug 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. - 9 Aug 2023: New corporate-secretary appointed: GORRIE WHITSON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 9 Aug 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. - 9 Aug 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 9 Aug 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. 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 Dougal Inns Ltd ### Is Dougal Inns Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Dougal Inns Ltd in Caterham On The Hill 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 Dougal Inns Ltd sponsor? Dougal Inns Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Dougal Inns Ltd based? The register lists Dougal Inns Ltd at Amlbenson, The Long Lodge 265-269 Kingston Road, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom, SW19 3NW. 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 07083523. 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/dougal-inns-ltd-caterham-on-the-hill-737238 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dougal-inns-ltd-caterham-on-the-hill-737238.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.