--- title: "Ethos Payroll Services: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ethos-payroll-services-canterbury-689769 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 --- # Ethos Payroll Services: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Ethos Payroll Services (Companies House 07420149, Canterbury) 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 17 May 2023 (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: 17 May 2023 - Legal name: ETHOS PAYROLL SERVICES LTD - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Canterbury - Registered address: 20 North Lane, Canterbury, Kent, England, CT2 7PG - Companies House number: 07420149 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07420149) - Website: https://www.ethospayroll.co.uk/contact.html - 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/ethos-payroll-services-canterbury-689769 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 138 licensed sponsors in Canterbury: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/canterbury - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 18 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 8 Apr 2025: Notification of Mr Darren Harding as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 8 Apr 2025. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 1 Apr 2025: Cessation of Mr Brian Douglas Ash as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2025: Director resigned: ASH, Brian Douglas. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2025: New director appointed: HARDING, Darren. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2025. 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 Dec 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 18 Dec 2024. 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. - 19 Nov 2024: Notification of Mr Brian Douglas Ash as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 19 Nov 2024. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 19 Nov 2024: Cessation of Mrs Zoe Helen Claire Webster as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 19 Nov 2024. 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. - 19 Nov 2024: Director resigned: WEBSTER, Zoe Helen Claire. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 23 Sep 2024: New director appointed: ASH, Brian Douglas. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 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. - 27 Jun 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 27 Jun 2024. 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. - 19 Jun 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Jun 2024. 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. - 18 Jun 2024: New person with significant control: Mrs Zoe Helen Claire Webster. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Jun 2024. 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. - 18 Jun 2024: Cessation of Mr Darren Harding as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Jun 2024. 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. - 18 Jun 2024: New director appointed: WEBSTER, Zoe Helen Claire. Director change recorded on 18 Jun 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. - 18 Jun 2024: Director resigned: HARDING, Darren. Director change recorded on 18 Jun 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. - 22 Sep 2023: Notification of Mr Darren Harding as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 22 Sep 2023. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 22 Sep 2023: Cessation of Mrs Zoe Helen Claire Webster as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 22 Sep 2023. 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. - 14 Sep 2023: Director resigned: WEBSTER, Zoe Helen Claire. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 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. 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 Ethos Payroll Services ### Is Ethos Payroll Services a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ethos Payroll Services in Canterbury is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Ethos Payroll Services sponsor? Ethos Payroll Services is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Ethos Payroll Services based? The register lists Ethos Payroll Services at 20 North Lane, Canterbury, Kent, England, CT2 7PG. 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 07420149. 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/ethos-payroll-services-canterbury-689769 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ethos-payroll-services-canterbury-689769.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.