--- title: "Northcote Hotel limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/northcote-hotel-limited-blackburn-719914 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 --- # Northcote Hotel limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Northcote Hotel limited (Companies House 02002462, Blackburn) 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 19 April 2022 (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: 19 April 2022 - Also known as: NORTHCOTE MANOR HOTEL; NORTHCOTE OFFSITE - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Blackburn - Registered address: 16-18 St James's Place, London, England, SW1A 1NJ - Companies House number: 02002462 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02002462) - 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/northcote-hotel-limited-blackburn-719914 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 316 licensed sponsors in Blackburn: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/blackburn - 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 19 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 21 May 2026: New person with significant control: Mr Alfred Wilson Ellis. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 May 2026. 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. - 21 May 2026: New person with significant control: Mrs Clare Joan Ellis. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 May 2026. 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. - 21 May 2026: New person with significant control: Mr Matthew James Wilson Ellis. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 May 2026. 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. - 21 May 2026: New person with significant control: Olivia Clare Barrass. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 May 2026. 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. - 21 May 2026: Cessation of Silkstone Finance Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 May 2026. 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. - 12 Jun 2025: New director appointed: BANCROFT, Craig John. Director change recorded on 12 Jun 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. - 12 Jun 2025: New director appointed: GOODWIN-ALLEN, Lisa. Director change recorded on 12 Jun 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. - 7 May 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 7 May 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. - 23 Apr 2025: Notification of Silkstone Finance Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 23 Apr 2025. 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. - 23 Apr 2025: Cessation of Bhl Global Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 Apr 2025. 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. - 23 Apr 2025: Director resigned: BALCH, Antony William. Director change recorded on 23 Apr 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. - 23 Apr 2025: Director resigned: ELSHARKAWY, Omar Ahmed Roshdy. Director change recorded on 23 Apr 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. - 23 Apr 2025: Director resigned: BAKR-IBRAHIM, Mahmoud Hassan. Director change recorded on 23 Apr 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. - 23 Apr 2025: New director appointed: ELLIS, Alfred Wilson. Director change recorded on 23 Apr 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. - 23 Apr 2025: New director appointed: ELLIS, Clare Joan. Director change recorded on 23 Apr 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. - 18 Jun 2024: New director appointed: BALCH, Antony William. Director change recorded on 18 Jun 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. - 1 Mar 2024: New director appointed: ELSHARKAWY, Omar Ahmed Roshdy. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 29 Feb 2024: Director resigned: ARMITSTEAD, Martin Lewis. Director change recorded on 29 Feb 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. - 4 Nov 2022: Director resigned: MALONE, Peter Vincent. Director change recorded on 4 Nov 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. 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 Northcote Hotel limited ### Is Northcote Hotel limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Northcote Hotel limited in Blackburn is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Northcote Hotel limited sponsor? Northcote Hotel limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Northcote Hotel limited based? The register lists Northcote Hotel limited at 16-18 St James's Place, London, England, SW1A 1NJ. 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 02002462. 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/northcote-hotel-limited-blackburn-719914 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/northcote-hotel-limited-blackburn-719914.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.