--- title: "Fat Badger Harrogate (UK) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fat-badger-harrogate-uk-ltd-harrogate-779850 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 --- # Fat Badger Harrogate (UK) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Fat Badger Harrogate (UK) Ltd (trading as White Hart Hotel and Fat badger Pub; Companies House 09962436; Harrogate) 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 6 March 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: 6 March 2023 - Trading as: White Hart Hotel and Fat badger Pub - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Harrogate - Registered address: West House, King Cross Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, HX1 1EB - Companies House number: 09962436 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09962436) - Website: https://www.thefatbadgerharrogate.com - 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/fat-badger-harrogate-uk-ltd-harrogate-779850 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 137 licensed sponsors in Harrogate: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/harrogate - 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 1 change worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 16 May 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 16 May 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 Fat Badger Harrogate (UK) Ltd ### Is Fat Badger Harrogate (UK) Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Fat Badger Harrogate (UK) Ltd in Harrogate 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 Fat Badger Harrogate (UK) Ltd sponsor? Fat Badger Harrogate (UK) Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Fat Badger Harrogate (UK) Ltd based? The register lists Fat Badger Harrogate (UK) Ltd at West House, King Cross Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, HX1 1EB. 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 09962436. 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/fat-badger-harrogate-uk-ltd-harrogate-779850 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fat-badger-harrogate-uk-ltd-harrogate-779850.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.