--- title: "FRANCHISE NICOLAS Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/franchise-nicolas-ltd-london-693047 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-03 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # FRANCHISE NICOLAS Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 3 November 2026, FRANCHISE NICOLAS Ltd (trading as nicolasUK; Companies House 09705550; 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 11 October 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: 11 October 2021 - Trading as: nicolasUK - Also known as: Nicolas - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: LONDON - Registered address: 157 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 6QR - Companies House number: 09705550 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09705550) - Website: https://www.nicolas.co.uk/ - Register data as of: 3 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/franchise-nicolas-ltd-london-693047 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,663 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 17,317 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,156 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 3 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 12 Oct 2023: New corporate-director appointed: ETABLISSEMENTS NICOLAS S.A.. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 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. - 31 May 2023: Notification of Spirited Wines & Co. Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 31 May 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. - 31 May 2023: Cessation of Wine Of A Kind Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 May 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. 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 FRANCHISE NICOLAS Ltd ### Is FRANCHISE NICOLAS Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. FRANCHISE NICOLAS Ltd in LONDON 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 FRANCHISE NICOLAS Ltd sponsor? FRANCHISE NICOLAS Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is FRANCHISE NICOLAS Ltd based? The register lists FRANCHISE NICOLAS Ltd at 157 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 6QR. 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 3 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 09705550. 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/franchise-nicolas-ltd-london-693047 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/franchise-nicolas-ltd-london-693047.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.