--- title: "Ippudo London Co Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ippudo-london-co-ltd-london-790254 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-03 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Ippudo London Co Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 3 November 2026, Ippudo London Co Ltd (London) 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 6 February 2014 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 6 February 2014 - Legal name: IPPUDO LONDON CO. LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: London - Companies House number: 07712729 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07712729) - Website: http://www.ippudo.co.uk - Register data as of: 3 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ippudo-london-co-ltd-london-790254 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,663 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 15,158 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 10,774 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 28 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 1 Feb 2025: Director resigned: MITSUOKA, Chikara. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Feb 2025: New director appointed: YAMANE, Tomoyuki. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 1 Feb 2024: New director appointed: YAMASHITA, Gen. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 31 Jan 2024: Director resigned: MATSUOKA, Satoshi. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Mar 2019: Director resigned: KIYOMIYA, Toshiyuki. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 1 Jul 2018: New director appointed: MITSUOKA, Chikara. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 2018. 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. - 3 May 2017: Director resigned: GUSHIKEN, Koji. Director change recorded on 3 May 2017. 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 2017: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 25 Jan 2017. 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. - 25 Nov 2016: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Nov 2016. 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 2016: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 2 Aug 2016, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 20 Jul 2016: Notification of Chikaranomoto Global Holdings Pte. Ltd. as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 20 Jul 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. - 20 Jul 2016: Cessation of Chikaranomoto Global Holdings Pte. Ltd. as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Jul 2016. 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. - 20 Jul 2016: Notification of Chikaranomoto Holdings Co., Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 20 Jul 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. - 1 Apr 2016: New director appointed: MATSUOKA, Satoshi. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2016. 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 Apr 2016: Director resigned: KASUYA, Shinichi. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2016. 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 2015: New director appointed: KIYOMIYA, Toshiyuki. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 2015. 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 Aug 2015: New director appointed: GUSHIKEN, Koji. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 2015. 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 Aug 2015: New director appointed: KASUYA, Shinichi. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 2015. 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 Aug 2015: Director resigned: SUZUKI, Yasuyoshi. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2015: Director resigned: YAMANE, Tomoyuki, Director. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2015: Secretary resigned: BULK, Jasper Jan Daniel. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Apr 2015: New director appointed: SUZUKI, Yasuyoshi. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2015. 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 Apr 2015: Director resigned: KASUYA, Shinichi. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2015: Director resigned: SHIMAZU, Tomoaki, Director. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 31 Dec 2014: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 31 Dec 2014. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - + 3 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 Ippudo London Co Ltd ### Is Ippudo London Co Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ippudo London Co Ltd in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Ippudo London Co Ltd sponsor? Ippudo London Co Ltd 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 Ippudo London Co Ltd based? The register lists Ippudo London Co Ltd at London. 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 3 November 2026. 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/ippudo-london-co-ltd-london-790254 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ippudo-london-co-ltd-london-790254.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.