--- title: "Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/kentucky-fried-chicken-great-britain-limited-woking-769326 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 --- # Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited (trading as YUM! RESTAURANTS INTERNATIONAL; Companies House 00967403; Woking) 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 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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: YUM! RESTAURANTS INTERNATIONAL - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Woking - Registered address: Orion Gate, Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, GU22 7NJ - Companies House number: 00967403 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00967403) - Website: https://www.kfc.co.uk/kfc-near-me/woking-chertsey-road - 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/kentucky-fried-chicken-great-britain-limited-woking-769326 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 197 licensed sponsors in Woking: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/woking - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - 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 36 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 28 Apr 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 28 Apr 2026. 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. - 14 Jul 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 14 Jul 2025. 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. - 14 Mar 2025: New director appointed: SWAIN, Robert James. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 28 Feb 2025: Director resigned: MCCORMICK, Mathew James William. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 28 Feb 2025: Director resigned: FARREN, Meghan. Director change recorded on 28 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 Jul 2024: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 17 May 2024: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 17 May 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. - 9 May 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 9 May 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. - 6 Oct 2022: Director resigned: MORRISON, Neil Richard. Director change recorded on 6 Oct 2022. 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. - 5 Oct 2022: New director appointed: FARREN, Meghan. Director change recorded on 5 Oct 2022. 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. - 13 Sep 2022: Director resigned: DREW, Christopher Alexander. Director change recorded on 13 Sep 2022. 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. - 27 May 2022: Director resigned: MACKENZIE, Paula. Director change recorded on 27 May 2022. 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. - 27 May 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 27 May 2022. 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. - 23 Mar 2022: New director appointed: MORRISON, Neil Richard. Director change recorded on 23 Mar 2022. 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 Mar 2022: New director appointed: WHITEHORN, James Matthew. Director change recorded on 23 Mar 2022. 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. - 15 Jan 2020: Director resigned: SHUKER, Martin Raymond Francis. Director change recorded on 15 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 Aug 2019: Secretary resigned: BOYNTON, Clare Marie. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Aug 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. - 23 Aug 2019: New secretary appointed: WILLIAMS, Michael Robert Campion. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Aug 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. - 22 Jul 2019: New director appointed: MCCORMICK, Mathew James William. Director change recorded on 22 Jul 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. - 8 Apr 2019: Director resigned: HOLMES, Christopher Robert. Director change recorded on 8 Apr 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. - 30 Apr 2018: Director resigned: FELLS, Christopher Reiach. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 2018. 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. - 24 Mar 2017: New director appointed: DREW, Christopher Alexander. Director change recorded on 24 Mar 2017. 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. - 29 Dec 2016: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 29 Dec 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. - 12 Dec 2016: Notification of Restaurant Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 12 Dec 2016: Cessation of Yum! Restaurant Holdings as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Dec 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. - + 11 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 Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited ### Is Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited in Woking 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 Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited sponsor? Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) 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 Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited based? The register lists Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited at Orion Gate, Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, GU22 7NJ. 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 00967403. 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/kentucky-fried-chicken-great-britain-limited-woking-769326 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/kentucky-fried-chicken-great-britain-limited-woking-769326.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.