--- title: "Minamoto Kitchoan Europe Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/minamoto-kitchoan-europe-ltd-london-715510 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 --- # Minamoto Kitchoan Europe Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 3 November 2026, Minamoto Kitchoan Europe Ltd (Companies House 09226602, London) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 23 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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 23 October 2017 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: London - Registered address: Unit 1 5 Baldwin Street, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 9NU - Companies House number: 09226602 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09226602) - Website: https://www.kitchoan.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/minamoto-kitchoan-europe-ltd-london-715510 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,663 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 17,317 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - 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 8 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 24 Apr 2026: Director resigned: NIHEI, Shuta. Director change recorded on 24 Apr 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. - 24 Apr 2026: New director appointed: HATANO, Masaaki. Director change recorded on 24 Apr 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 Aug 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 29 Aug 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. - 1 Nov 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 1 Nov 2021. 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. - 25 Nov 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Nov 2020. 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. - 15 Oct 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Oct 2019. 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. - 11 Mar 2019: Director resigned: HATANO, Masaaki. Director change recorded on 11 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. - 27 Feb 2019: New director appointed: NIHEI, Shuta. Director change recorded on 27 Feb 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. 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 Minamoto Kitchoan Europe Ltd ### Is Minamoto Kitchoan Europe Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Minamoto Kitchoan Europe Ltd in London 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 Minamoto Kitchoan Europe Ltd sponsor? Minamoto Kitchoan Europe Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Minamoto Kitchoan Europe Ltd based? The register lists Minamoto Kitchoan Europe Ltd at Unit 1 5 Baldwin Street, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 9NU. 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, and Companies House records for company number 09226602. 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/minamoto-kitchoan-europe-ltd-london-715510 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/minamoto-kitchoan-europe-ltd-london-715510.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.