--- title: "Pestana Management UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/pestana-management-uk-ltd-london-753862 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 --- # Pestana Management UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 3 November 2026, Pestana Management UK Ltd (trading as Pestana Chelsea Bridge; Companies House 06456055; London) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: Pestana Chelsea Bridge - Legal name: PESTANA MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: LONDON - Registered address: LUIZA PESTANA, Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel 354 Queenstown Road, Battersea, London, SW8 4AE - Companies House number: 06456055 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06456055) - 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/pestana-management-uk-ltd-london-753862 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,663 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 15,158 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 122,156 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 11 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 22 Dec 2023: Secretary resigned: COSTA, Frederico De Freitas. Company secretary change recorded on 22 Dec 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. - 22 Dec 2023: New director appointed: DE FREITAS COSTA, Frederico. Director change recorded on 22 Dec 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. - 22 Nov 2022: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Nov 2022. 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. - 1 Jul 2021: New secretary appointed: COSTA, Frederico De Freitas. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 1 Jul 2021: Secretary resigned: BOOTH, Peter John. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jul 2021. 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. - 29 Jun 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 29 Jun 2021. 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. - 28 Jun 2021: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 28 Jun 2021. 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. - 18 Dec 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 18 Dec 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Dionisio Pestana as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 31 Oct 2014: Director resigned: PARNELL, Robert Matthew. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 2014. 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. - 31 Oct 2014: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 31 Oct 2014. 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 Pestana Management UK Ltd ### Is Pestana Management UK Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Pestana Management UK Ltd in LONDON is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Pestana Management UK Ltd sponsor? Pestana Management UK Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Pestana Management UK Ltd based? The register lists Pestana Management UK Ltd at LUIZA PESTANA, Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel 354 Queenstown Road, Battersea, London, SW8 4AE. 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 06456055. 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/pestana-management-uk-ltd-london-753862 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/pestana-management-uk-ltd-london-753862.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.