--- title: "Hambledon Wineries Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hambledon-wineries-ltd-hambledon-685867 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-02 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Hambledon Wineries Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Hambledon Wineries Ltd (trading as Hambledon Wine Estate; Companies House 07047235; Hambledon) 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 1 March 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: 1 March 2021 - Trading as: Hambledon Wine Estate - Legal name: HAMBLEDON WINERIES LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Hambledon - Registered address: The Vineyard East Street, Hambledon, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 4RY - Companies House number: 07047235 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07047235) - Website: https://hambledonvineyard.co.uk - Register data as of: 2 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hambledon-wineries-ltd-hambledon-685867 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 14 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 30 Jan 2026: Director resigned: JEFFERS, Joseph Patrick. Director change recorded on 30 Jan 2026. 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. - 8 Apr 2024: New director appointed: OSBORN, James Anthony. Director change recorded on 8 Apr 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. - 8 Nov 2023: New secretary appointed: JEFFERS, Joseph Patrick. Company secretary change recorded on 8 Nov 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. - 8 Nov 2023: Director resigned: KRITS-KELLETT, Anna. Director change recorded on 8 Nov 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. - 8 Nov 2023: Director resigned: PARDOE, Mark. Director change recorded on 8 Nov 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. - 8 Nov 2023: Director resigned: KELLETT, Ian James. Director change recorded on 8 Nov 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. - 8 Nov 2023: Director resigned: ROBINSON, William Martin. Director change recorded on 8 Nov 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. - 8 Nov 2023: Secretary resigned: JEFFS, Graham Alan. Company secretary change recorded on 8 Nov 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. - 8 Nov 2023: New director appointed: SYMINGTON, Robert Douglas. Director change recorded on 8 Nov 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. - 30 May 2023: New director appointed: JEFFERS, Joseph Patrick. Director change recorded on 30 May 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. - 30 May 2023: Director resigned: ANDREWS, Christopher John Francis. Director change recorded on 30 May 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. - 31 Jul 2022: Notification of Hambledon Vineyard Plc as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 31 Jul 2022: Cessation of Mr Ian James Kellett as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Jul 2022. 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. - 12 Dec 2021: Director resigned: MACKAY, Jason Moray Justin. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 2021. 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 Hambledon Wineries Ltd ### Is Hambledon Wineries Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hambledon Wineries Ltd in Hambledon 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 Hambledon Wineries Ltd sponsor? Hambledon Wineries Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Hambledon Wineries Ltd based? The register lists Hambledon Wineries Ltd at The Vineyard East Street, Hambledon, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 4RY. 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 2 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 07047235. 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/hambledon-wineries-ltd-hambledon-685867 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hambledon-wineries-ltd-hambledon-685867.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.