--- title: "Mercado Central Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mercado-central-ltd-cambridge-772507 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 --- # Mercado Central Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Mercado Central Ltd (Companies House 11618958, Cambridge) 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 17 August 2021 (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: 17 August 2021 - Legal name: MERCADO CENTRAL LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Cambridge - Registered address: 9 Quy Court Colliers Lane, Stow-Cum-Quy, Cambridge, England, CB25 9AU - Companies House number: 11618958 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11618958) - Website: https://mercadocentral.co.uk - 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/mercado-central-ltd-cambridge-772507 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 837 licensed sponsors in Cambridge: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cambridge - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 3 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 10 Aug 2023: Cessation of Mr Gaizka Mendieta Zabala as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 Aug 2023. 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. - 31 Mar 2023: Cessation of Mr Lee Hughes as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 2023. 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. - 2 Feb 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 2 Feb 2023. 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. 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 Mercado Central Ltd ### Is Mercado Central Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Mercado Central Ltd in Cambridge is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Mercado Central Ltd sponsor? Mercado Central Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Mercado Central Ltd based? The register lists Mercado Central Ltd at 9 Quy Court Colliers Lane, Stow-Cum-Quy, Cambridge, England, CB25 9AU. 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 11618958. 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/mercado-central-ltd-cambridge-772507 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mercado-central-ltd-cambridge-772507.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.