--- title: "Hotel Chocolat Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hotel-chocolat-limited-huntingdon-699792 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 --- # Hotel Chocolat Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hotel Chocolat Limited (Companies House 02805730, Huntingdon) 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 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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Huntingdon - Registered address: Mint House, Newark Close, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5HL - Companies House number: 02805730 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02805730) - Website: https://www.hotelchocolat.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hotel-chocolat/ - 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/hotel-chocolat-limited-huntingdon-699792 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 96 licensed sponsors in Huntingdon: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/huntingdon - 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 23 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 20 Apr 2026: Director resigned: GAILLOT, Gregoire Alexandre. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 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. - 20 Apr 2026: New director appointed: STATON, Isabel Louise. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 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. - 28 Feb 2026: New director appointed: JENKS, Daniel Mark. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 27 Aug 2025: Director resigned: HARDY, Lysa Maria. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 23 Aug 2024: New director appointed: HARDY, Lysa Maria. Director change recorded on 23 Aug 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. - 23 Aug 2024: Director resigned: KELLY, Paula. Director change recorded on 23 Aug 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. - 23 Aug 2024: Director resigned: THIRLWELL, Angus. Director change recorded on 23 Aug 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. - 23 Aug 2024: New director appointed: LACEY, Nicola. Director change recorded on 23 Aug 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. - 25 Jan 2024: New director appointed: GAILLOT, Gregoire Alexandre. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 25 Jan 2024: New director appointed: KELLY, Paula. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 25 Jan 2024: Director resigned: MARGERESON, Matthew Paul. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 25 Jan 2024: Director resigned: HARRIS, Peter Mark. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 25 Jan 2024: Director resigned: HARDY, Lysa Maria. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 25 Jan 2024: Director resigned: AKEHURST, Jonathan Firth. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 15 May 2023: New director appointed: AKEHURST, Jonathan Firth. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 31 Jan 2023: Director resigned: PRITCHARD, Matthew Robert Phillip. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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 Jun 2021: Secretary resigned: HARRIS, Peter Mark. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 30 Jun 2021: New corporate-secretary appointed: INDIGO CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 18 Sep 2020: New director appointed: HARDY, Lysa Maria. Director change recorded on 18 Sep 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Hotel Chocolat Group Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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 May 2015: Director resigned: BLACKMAN, Heather Frances. Director change recorded on 31 May 2015. 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 Nov 2014: New director appointed: PRITCHARD, Matthew Robert Phillip. Director change recorded on 20 Nov 2014. 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 2013: Director resigned: DOYLE, Michael Christopher. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 2013. 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 14 live vacancies tracked for this employer (31 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Materials Planning Administrator · Huntingdon · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/materials-planning-administrator/57504990 - Assistant Store Manager · Bath · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/assistant-store-manager/57504514 - Hygiene Operative - Nights · Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/Ixvj4B3nniLF2PfcEIicXfl6is9GFZG2kZvfGsIYatvU4s3tOhME6VLmDu3DcnEU7_45a9AOKB22f45JqbuBVzX4m3ptMQlbNLUNc6TNknifFeLZaGssvoGQlA2Q7sSCRE3DvsedCHwh3Z1RqA4CYlTUSrp4XVMqrl4GWRybz4UaToAQWkUZcGSA00TBgqISjfu5UQFZ8yLIUmGwnmxGJUVi4H1zxvA_9OZ7DH9fCv0 - Stock and Systems Administrator · St Neots, Cambridgeshire · £30,030 · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/lmIiAVpv8o4ZfngJHujZpHGY38nhOhnEJIP7cwQR6_MyEA3kVYOXCKotGQOA7AJV4fjcpR0hLVPrEi1iN2BR_VoIUykNYnLfmId6gp7magGjh-lvWk7s4lWXzFBDSyw2hxUERJNj2fpT9ZVnWo1J3VoK9jIGLWmwrS0QE9fLHJGafAhFdj9fKyaWA6xqNbfyfjnM1brDF5sK3i8-qBF3AHpqNxCvEHjhQLXVGNR97l8 - Estates Surveyor · Royston, Hertfordshire · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/b1Kuk-0RNdq-NtlydnS79VM6CdYKA-XRcsxQ660S1c1lNCmcWb-3172FT9LRjjrzGwCKtahPaAFSMC9W61kJop8Ek7U1xdeU5cC1sQP1N1nM5dQoa8WyK0gJYqsxUDsp62gdqwPF9iwDtPe5cxUC5W9CW0TTuQVJOgPuzJZ0At8TwW79Q8uVFgvA_j1eOSC2CFZox5qUUrWsJBDomNf38TnzH0Y0UVtqrrBeDgOmm04 - Replenishment Manager · Royston, Hertfordshire · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/2Cz_8nPXT2PL0lfBwqrfiNfe0a3qc1hJ-MLqpEN-AKnO7Ub08TrxiqTOkwStuNitazupglabyvrquCN_5sr4JmcdsnoqAXyyY1gUpSm3Zi1MdPIfqN5VQklvTFqou2gxVKCOGdZkH-D-EvN4-3BgzClKMGaJk4iom8fEYBCvqmfKrZoOsFhHEs4I50tozLa6ZpByoqikYk7w2HSlvIpgMyb5lwvqk0DU_p0rE79TmqI - Wholesale Replenishment Manager · Royston, Hertfordshire · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/i1Jx5uA6_jcLcf6-0oKr1F505Kz6h_hLcrzwoTFW4GTUDh_WSj6haKY2Du1fCK4-6D_uFzIN8KJXKLpP_I7kHeDA-4XQi0uMtIUqi7rNs1MN6hV7nBRawceJq2TPk6q47594EUgHZDd6dydS8U9Hc4z4l2X1VbIWFdeRfY_b_t4QS_ELgve0_Nmqi7RHzuWwz_rYLCBWNa-h2ExU56_Hu2uSjTRywKkBIql2NpM0Y7I - Materials Planning Administrator · Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/-rH7_fWOSqy5_S5fXneac7TSF4SFCiwZx-F6Ij3cT2o11zsYOjfY6o3RnnyKA_6ryKXv3lFk4e4DUSxgLnOxHSYu3eKHASxf0MKHs03PU9Q2-qXPRE_2dHD3slLnOkp6MzQoSs22h_Ax6FwGqcLSsb-ZnFENGE_2yEs1e9uMdetJdI30PGD8GEOX4YtBOcy6z61Actt9SQpkacUqNuGH-MH9-w9q4pWcYm-XMEQRzl8 All listings: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/jobs?sponsorId=699792&employer=Hotel%20Chocolat%20Limited A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Hotel Chocolat Limited ### Is Hotel Chocolat Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hotel Chocolat Limited in Huntingdon 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 Hotel Chocolat Limited sponsor? Hotel Chocolat Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Does Hotel Chocolat Limited have any jobs open right now? We are currently tracking 14 live vacancies from Hotel Chocolat Limited on UK job boards. Not every job offers sponsorship, so check the advert or ask the employer. ### Where is Hotel Chocolat Limited based? The register lists Hotel Chocolat Limited at Mint House, Newark Close, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5HL. 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 02805730. 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/hotel-chocolat-limited-huntingdon-699792 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hotel-chocolat-limited-huntingdon-699792.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.