--- title: "Hartnell Chanot & Partners t/a The Family Law Company: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hartnell-chanot-and-partners-t-a-the-family-law-company-exeter-780289 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 --- # Hartnell Chanot & Partners t/a The Family Law Company: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hartnell Chanot & Partners t/a The Family Law Company (Companies House 07204684, Exeter) 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 25 May 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: 25 May 2023 - Legal name: Hartnell Chanot & Partners - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Exeter - Registered address: Oriel House, Southernhay Gardens, Exeter, EX1 1NP - Companies House number: 07204684 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07204684) - Website: https://www.thefamilylawco.co.uk/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3361804 - 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/hartnell-chanot-and-partners-t-a-the-family-law-company-exeter-780289 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 193 licensed sponsors in Exeter: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/exeter - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 12 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Jul 2026: New director appointed: HAMILTON, Katherine Elowan. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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 Jul 2026: New director appointed: FURNESS, Karen Joy. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 21 Aug 2025: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 21 Aug 2025. 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 Aug 2025: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 6 Aug 2025. 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. - 1 Mar 2025: New director appointed: DAVEY, Amelia. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 4 Feb 2025: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Feb 2025. 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. - 31 Jan 2025: Director resigned: JORDAN, Derek John. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 7 Aug 2024: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 7 Aug 2024. 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. - 31 Jul 2024: Director resigned: SPARKS, Gemma Mary Louise. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 20 Sep 2023: New director appointed: ENGLAND, Kerry-Louise. Director change recorded on 20 Sep 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. - 14 Aug 2023: Director resigned: COBERN, David Adrian. Director change recorded on 14 Aug 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 Aug 2023: New director appointed: BRADLEY, Grace. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. 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 Hartnell Chanot & Partners t/a The Family Law Company ### Is Hartnell Chanot & Partners t/a The Family Law Company a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hartnell Chanot & Partners t/a The Family Law Company in Exeter 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 Hartnell Chanot & Partners t/a The Family Law Company sponsor? Hartnell Chanot & Partners t/a The Family Law Company is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Hartnell Chanot & Partners t/a The Family Law Company based? The register lists Hartnell Chanot & Partners t/a The Family Law Company at Oriel House, Southernhay Gardens, Exeter, EX1 1NP. 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 07204684. 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/hartnell-chanot-and-partners-t-a-the-family-law-company-exeter-780289 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hartnell-chanot-and-partners-t-a-the-family-law-company-exeter-780289.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.