--- title: "Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/gilpin-lodge-country-house-hotel-limited-windermere-720125 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 --- # Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel Limited (Companies House 01988357, Windermere) 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 28 July 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: 28 July 2021 - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Windermere - Registered address: Gilpin Lodge, Crook Road, Windermere, English Lakes, La23 3ne - Companies House number: 01988357 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01988357) - Website: https://gilpinlodge.co.uk - 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/gilpin-lodge-country-house-hotel-limited-windermere-720125 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 14 licensed sponsors in Windermere: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/windermere - 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 13 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 2 Oct 2026: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 2 Oct 2026. 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. - 16 Sep 2026: New person with significant control: Mr Benjamin Cunliffe. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Sep 2026. 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. - 16 Sep 2026: New person with significant control: Mrs Zoe Cunliffe. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Sep 2026. 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. - 16 Sep 2026: Cessation of Mr Mark Conboy As Executor Of Christine Cunliffe as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Sep 2026. 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. - 16 Sep 2026: Cessation of Mr Nicholas John Haigh Fielden As Executor For Christine Cunliffe as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Sep 2026. 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. - 16 Sep 2026: New director appointed: CUNLIFFE, Benjamin. Director change recorded on 16 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2025: Notification of Mr Mark Conboy As Executor Of Christine Cunliffe as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Sep 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 Sep 2025: Notification of Mr Nicholas John Haigh Fielden As Executor For Christine Cunliffe as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Sep 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 Sep 2025: Cessation of Mrs Christine Anne Cunliffe as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 17 Nov 2022: Director resigned: BAYBUTT, Karen Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 2022. 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. - 15 Nov 2022: Director resigned: CUNLIFFE, Christine Anne. Director change recorded on 15 Nov 2022. 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. - 26 Apr 2022: Notification of Barnaby Cunliffe as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 26 Apr 2022. 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. - 25 Apr 2022: Director resigned: CUNLIFFE, Benjamin. Director change recorded on 25 Apr 2022. 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 Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel Limited ### Is Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel Limited in Windermere 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 Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel Limited sponsor? Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel Limited based? The register lists Gilpin Lodge Country House Hotel Limited at Gilpin Lodge, Crook Road, Windermere, English Lakes, La23 3ne. 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 01988357. 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/gilpin-lodge-country-house-hotel-limited-windermere-720125 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/gilpin-lodge-country-house-hotel-limited-windermere-720125.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.