--- title: "Lionel Hitchen Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lionel-hitchen-limited-nr-winchester-709803 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-02 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Lionel Hitchen Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Lionel Hitchen Limited (Companies House 00838331, Nr Winchester) 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 18 October 2017 (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: 18 October 2017 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Nr Winchester - Registered address: Hill House, 1 Little New Street, London, EC4A 3TR - Companies House number: 00838331 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00838331) - Website: https://lionelhitchen.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lionel-hitchen-ltd/ - Register data as of: 2 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lionel-hitchen-limited-nr-winchester-709803 ## Where this sponsor sits - 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 8 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 28 Aug 2026: Director resigned: MCNAIR, Helen Irene. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 17 Aug 2026: New director appointed: LILLOW, Catherine. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 29 Sep 2025: New director appointed: EVANS, Nicholas David William. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 16 Sep 2025: Director resigned: HITCHEN, Louisa Meldrum. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 3 May 2024: Director resigned: METCALFE, Timothy Ian. Director change recorded on 3 May 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. - 3 May 2024: New director appointed: SCANTLEBURY, Colin William. Director change recorded on 3 May 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. - 24 Feb 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 24 Feb 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. - 29 Oct 2021: New director appointed: KHAN, Mohammed Hussain. Director change recorded on 29 Oct 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. 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 Lionel Hitchen Limited ### Is Lionel Hitchen Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Lionel Hitchen Limited in Nr Winchester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Lionel Hitchen Limited sponsor? Lionel Hitchen Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Lionel Hitchen Limited based? The register lists Lionel Hitchen Limited at Hill House, 1 Little New Street, London, EC4A 3TR. 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 2 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 00838331. 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/lionel-hitchen-limited-nr-winchester-709803 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lionel-hitchen-limited-nr-winchester-709803.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.