--- title: "Ocado Retail Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ocado-retail-limited-hatfield-720718 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 --- # Ocado Retail Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Ocado Retail Limited (Companies House 03875000, Hatfield) 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 July 2014 (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 July 2014 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Hatfield - Registered address: Apollo Court 2 Bishop Square, Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, AL10 9EX - Companies House number: 03875000 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03875000) - Website: https://ocadoretail.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ocado-retail/ - 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/ocado-retail-limited-hatfield-720718 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 121 licensed sponsors in Hatfield: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hatfield - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 39 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 22 Jan 2026: Director resigned: DAINTITH, Stephen Wayne. Director change recorded on 22 Jan 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. - 22 Jan 2026: New director appointed: HENE, Lawrence, Dr. Director change recorded on 22 Jan 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. - 1 Apr 2025: Director resigned: TOWNSEND, Jeremy Charles Douglas. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Apr 2025: New director appointed: DOLAN, Alison Ann. Director change recorded on 1 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 Dec 2023: Cessation of Ocado Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Dec 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. - 22 Sep 2023: New director appointed: ANKERS, Mathew David. Director change recorded on 22 Sep 2023. 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. - 26 Apr 2023: Director resigned: HENE, Lawrence, Dr. Director change recorded on 26 Apr 2023. 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. - 26 Apr 2023: New director appointed: MATTHEWS, James Xavier. Director change recorded on 26 Apr 2023. 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. - 9 Mar 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 9 Mar 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. - 26 Jan 2023: New director appointed: TOWNSEND, Jeremy Charles Douglas. Director change recorded on 26 Jan 2023. 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. - 19 Jan 2023: Director resigned: MCBRIDE, Niall James. Director change recorded on 19 Jan 2023. 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. - 18 Nov 2022: Director resigned: TONGE, Eoin Philip. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 17 Nov 2022: New director appointed: DAINTITH, Stephen Wayne. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 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. - 17 Nov 2022: New director appointed: DOBBS, Adam Leslie. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 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. - 31 Oct 2022: Director resigned: TATTON-BROWN, Duncan Eden. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 20 Sep 2022: New director appointed: GIBSON, Hannah. Director change recorded on 20 Sep 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. - 19 Jul 2022: Director resigned: SMITH, Melanie Jane. Director change recorded on 19 Jul 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. - 25 May 2022: Director resigned: ROWE, Stephen Joseph. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 11 Jan 2021: New secretary appointed: WISEMAN, Jonathan David. Company secretary change recorded on 11 Jan 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. - 24 Jun 2020: New director appointed: TONGE, Eoin Philip. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 2020. 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 Jan 2020: New director appointed: MCBRIDE, Niall James. Director change recorded on 13 Jan 2020. 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 Jan 2020: Secretary resigned: BANE, Carolyn Louise. Company secretary change recorded on 1 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. - 6 Aug 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 6 Aug 2019. 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. - 5 Aug 2019: New person with significant control: Marks And Spencer Holdings Limited. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 Aug 2019. 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. - 5 Aug 2019: New director appointed: HENE, Lawrence, Dr. Director change recorded on 5 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. - + 14 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 Ocado Retail Limited ### Is Ocado Retail Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ocado Retail Limited in Hatfield is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Ocado Retail Limited sponsor? Ocado Retail Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Ocado Retail Limited based? The register lists Ocado Retail Limited at Apollo Court 2 Bishop Square, Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, AL10 9EX. 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 03875000. 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/ocado-retail-limited-hatfield-720718 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ocado-retail-limited-hatfield-720718.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.