--- title: "Hugh James: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hugh-james-cardiff-700120 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 --- # Hugh James: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hugh James (Companies House OC358642, Cardiff) 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 31 January 2024 (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: 31 January 2024 - Legal name: HUGH JAMES LLP - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Cardiff - Registered address: Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS - Companies House number: OC358642 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/OC358642) - Website: https://www.hughjames.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/hugh-james-cardiff-700120 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 623 licensed sponsors in Cardiff: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cardiff - 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 4 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Aug 2026: New person with significant control: Stephen Webber. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Aug 2026. 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. - 25 Aug 2026: Cessation of Mr Matthew Tossell as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Aug 2026. 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. - 25 Aug 2026: Llp-designated-member resigned: TOSSELL, Matthew. LLP member change recorded on 25 Aug 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 Aug 2026: New llp-designated-member appointed: WEBBER, Stephen John. LLP member change recorded on 25 Aug 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. 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 Hugh James ### Is Hugh James a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hugh James in Cardiff is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Hugh James sponsor? Hugh James is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Hugh James based? The register lists Hugh James at Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS. 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 OC358642. 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/hugh-james-cardiff-700120 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hugh-james-cardiff-700120.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.