--- title: "Holland & Barrett Retail Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/holland-and-barrett-retail-limited-nuneaton-762057 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 --- # Holland & Barrett Retail Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Holland & Barrett Retail Limited (Companies House 02758955, Nuneaton) 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 28 September 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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 28 September 2018 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Nuneaton - Registered address: Samuel Ryder House Barling Way, Eliot Park, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 7RH - Companies House number: 02758955 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02758955) - Website: https://www.hollandandbarrett.com - 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/holland-and-barrett-retail-limited-nuneaton-762057 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 124 licensed sponsors in Nuneaton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/nuneaton - 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 22 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Mar 2026: Director resigned: GOURLAY, Alexander Wallace. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 1 Oct 2025: New director appointed: BAJAJ, Vineta. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 30 Sep 2025: Director resigned: ALLEN, Nicholas Dermott Vance. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 10 Sep 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 10 Sep 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. - 10 Oct 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 10 Oct 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. - 13 Dec 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 13 Dec 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. - 30 Apr 2023: New director appointed: GOURLAY, Alexander Wallace. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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 Apr 2023: New director appointed: ALLEN, Nicholas Dermott Vance. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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 Apr 2023: Director resigned: BELL, Robbie Ian. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 30 Apr 2023: New director appointed: HOUGHTON, John Anthony. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 28 Aug 2021: Director resigned: WILLETT, Steven Barry. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 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. - 1 Jan 2021: New director appointed: WILLETT, Steven Barry. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2021: New director appointed: SMITH, Matthew Giles Thomas. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 31 Dec 2020: Secretary resigned: GARLEY-EVANS, Lisa Mary. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 2 Oct 2020: Director resigned: BUFFIN, Anthony David. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 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. - 1 Jul 2020: New director appointed: BELL, Robbie Ian. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 1 Jul 2020: Director resigned: WATTS, Gregory Alexander. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 14 Feb 2020: Director resigned: LEAM, Hilary Margaret. Director change recorded on 14 Feb 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. - 6 Jan 2020: Director resigned: CARSON, Steve Trevor. Director change recorded on 6 Jan 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. - 23 Oct 2019: New director appointed: WATTS, Gregory Alexander. Director change recorded on 23 Oct 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. - 23 Oct 2019: Director resigned: KEEN, Christian. Director change recorded on 23 Oct 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. - 16 Oct 2019: New director appointed: BUFFIN, Anthony David. Director change recorded on 16 Oct 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. 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 Holland & Barrett Retail Limited ### Is Holland & Barrett Retail Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Holland & Barrett Retail Limited in Nuneaton 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 Holland & Barrett Retail Limited sponsor? Holland & Barrett 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 Holland & Barrett Retail Limited based? The register lists Holland & Barrett Retail Limited at Samuel Ryder House Barling Way, Eliot Park, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 7RH. 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 02758955. 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/holland-and-barrett-retail-limited-nuneaton-762057 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/holland-and-barrett-retail-limited-nuneaton-762057.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.