--- title: "Gurkha Barnstaple Ltd T/A Gurkha Restaurant: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/gurkha-barnstaple-ltd-t-a-gurkha-restaurant-barnstaple-718789 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 --- # Gurkha Barnstaple Ltd T/A Gurkha Restaurant: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Gurkha Barnstaple Ltd T/A Gurkha Restaurant (Companies House 10371930, Barnstaple) 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 9 February 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: 9 February 2023 - Legal name: Gurkha Barnstaple Ltd - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Barnstaple - Registered address: 2-3 Market Parade Market Street, Barnstaple, England, EX31 1BX - Companies House number: 10371930 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10371930) - Website: https://gurkhabarnstaple.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/gurkha-barnstaple-ltd-t-a-gurkha-restaurant-barnstaple-718789 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 32 licensed sponsors in Barnstaple: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/barnstaple - 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 2 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 12 Jun 2023: Notification of Mr Gobinda Prasad Bhandari as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 12 Jun 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. - 12 Jun 2023: Notification of Mr Him Lal Nyoupane as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 12 Jun 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. 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 Gurkha Barnstaple Ltd T/A Gurkha Restaurant ### Is Gurkha Barnstaple Ltd T/A Gurkha Restaurant a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Gurkha Barnstaple Ltd T/A Gurkha Restaurant in Barnstaple 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 Gurkha Barnstaple Ltd T/A Gurkha Restaurant sponsor? Gurkha Barnstaple Ltd T/A Gurkha Restaurant is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Gurkha Barnstaple Ltd T/A Gurkha Restaurant based? The register lists Gurkha Barnstaple Ltd T/A Gurkha Restaurant at 2-3 Market Parade Market Street, Barnstaple, England, EX31 1BX. 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 10371930. 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/gurkha-barnstaple-ltd-t-a-gurkha-restaurant-barnstaple-718789 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/gurkha-barnstaple-ltd-t-a-gurkha-restaurant-barnstaple-718789.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.