--- title: "Harding Brothers Retail Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/harding-brothers-retail-limited-bristol-764007 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 --- # Harding Brothers Retail Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Harding Brothers Retail Limited (Companies House 06126331, Bristol) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Bristol - Registered address: Avonmouth Way, Avonmouth, Bristol, BS11 8DD - Companies House number: 06126331 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06126331) - Website: https://www.hardingretail.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/harding-brothers-inc - 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/harding-brothers-retail-limited-bristol-764007 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,293 licensed sponsors in Bristol: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bristol - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 40 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Sep 2026: Director resigned: MATTHEWS, Christian John. Director change recorded on 25 Sep 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. - 25 Sep 2026: New director appointed: FENNELL, Jeremy James. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 9 May 2025: New director appointed: LUSCOMBE, Simon Burgoyne. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 28 Feb 2025: Director resigned: SHOWALTER, William John. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 17 Feb 2025: Director resigned: HARDING, Neil Graham. Director change recorded on 17 Feb 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. - 16 Oct 2023: New director appointed: MATTHEWS, Christian John. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 16 Oct 2023: New director appointed: SHOWALTER, William John. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 13 Oct 2023: Director resigned: PRESCOTT, James Keir. Director change recorded on 13 Oct 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. - 22 Sep 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Sep 2023. 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. - 2 Aug 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 2 Aug 2023. 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. - 27 Jul 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 27 Jul 2023. 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. - 7 Jul 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Jul 2023. 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. - 3 Apr 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 3 Apr 2023. 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 Feb 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 Feb 2023. 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. - 9 Feb 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Feb 2023. 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. - 7 Dec 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Dec 2022. 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. - 6 Dec 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Dec 2022. 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. - 17 Oct 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 17 Oct 2022. 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. - 19 Jun 2022: Director resigned: CALVERLEY, Duncan James. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 11 Apr 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 11 Apr 2022. 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. - 17 Mar 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 17 Mar 2022. 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. - 26 Jul 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 26 Jul 2021. 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. - 15 Jul 2021: New director appointed: COUPE, Michael Andrew. Director change recorded on 15 Jul 2021. 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. - 14 Jul 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 14 Jul 2021. 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. - 5 Oct 2020: New director appointed: CALVERLEY, Duncan James. Director change recorded on 5 Oct 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. - + 15 earlier changes on the web page 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 Harding Brothers Retail Limited ### Is Harding Brothers Retail Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Harding Brothers Retail Limited in Bristol is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Harding Brothers Retail Limited sponsor? Harding Brothers Retail Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Harding Brothers Retail Limited based? The register lists Harding Brothers Retail Limited at Avonmouth Way, Avonmouth, Bristol, BS11 8DD. 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 06126331. 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/harding-brothers-retail-limited-bristol-764007 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/harding-brothers-retail-limited-bristol-764007.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.