--- title: "Hamleys of London Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hamleys-of-london-ltd-london-785071 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 --- # Hamleys of London Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 3 November 2026, Hamleys of London Ltd (Companies House 02287862, 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 20 May 2018 (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: 20 May 2018 - Legal name: HAMLEYS OF LONDON LIMITED - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: London - Registered address: Greencoat House 4 Floor Suite A,, Greencoat House, Francis Street, London, England, SW1P 1DH - Companies House number: 02287862 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02287862) - 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/hamleys-of-london-ltd-london-785071 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,666 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 17,321 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,188 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 23 changes worth checking, checked 3 November 2026, newest first: - 30 Jan 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 30 Jan 2026. 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. - 6 Aug 2025: Director resigned: YADAV, Sumeet. Director change recorded on 6 Aug 2025. 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. - 18 Mar 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 18 Mar 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. - 3 Feb 2025: New director appointed: YADAV, Sumeet. Director change recorded on 3 Feb 2025. 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. - 15 Nov 2024: Director resigned: MEHTA, Darshan Rasiklal. Director change recorded on 15 Nov 2024. 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. - 12 Feb 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 12 Feb 2024. 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. - 27 Jun 2023: New director appointed: VARGHESE, Saji. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 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. - 12 Jun 2023: Director resigned: SHARMA, Dilip Kumar. Director change recorded on 12 Jun 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. - 1 Apr 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 1 Apr 2021. 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. - 14 Aug 2020: Notification of Reliance Brands Holding Uk Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 14 Aug 2020. 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. - 14 Aug 2020: Cessation of The Hamleys Group Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 Aug 2020. 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. - 1 Aug 2020: New director appointed: ROBERTS, Gregory Neil. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 2020. 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 Jul 2020: Director resigned: SHAIKH, Sohail Ahmed. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 2020. 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. - 19 Mar 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Mar 2020. 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. - 31 Aug 2019: Director resigned: SHEN, Yong. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2019. 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. - 28 Aug 2019: New director appointed: SHARMA, Dilip Kumar. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 2019. 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. - 16 Jul 2019: New director appointed: MEHTA, Darshan Rasiklal. Director change recorded on 16 Jul 2019. 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. - 16 Jul 2019: New director appointed: SHAIKH, Sohail Ahmed. Director change recorded on 16 Jul 2019. 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. - 16 Jul 2019: Director resigned: GANG, Wu. Director change recorded on 16 Jul 2019. 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. - 28 Feb 2019: New director appointed: GANG, Wu. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2019. 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. - 28 Feb 2019: Director resigned: CUNNINGHAM, Ralph Brander. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2019. 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. - 9 Oct 2018: New director appointed: SHEN, Yong. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 2018. 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. - 9 Oct 2018: Director resigned: JABLONOWSKI, Alexander David. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 2018. 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 Hamleys of London Ltd ### Is Hamleys of London Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hamleys of London Ltd in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Hamleys of London Ltd sponsor? Hamleys of London Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Hamleys of London Ltd based? The register lists Hamleys of London Ltd at Greencoat House 4 Floor Suite A,, Greencoat House, Francis Street, London, England, SW1P 1DH. 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 02287862. 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/hamleys-of-london-ltd-london-785071 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hamleys-of-london-ltd-london-785071.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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