--- title: "Porte Noire Kings Cross Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/porte-noire-kings-cross-ltd-london-789310 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 --- # Porte Noire Kings Cross Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 3 November 2026, Porte Noire Kings Cross Ltd (Companies House 12496964, 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 8 March 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: 8 March 2022 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: London - Registered address: 8 Porchester Place, London, England, W2 2BS - Companies House number: 12496964 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12496964) - Website: https://portenoire.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/porte-noire-kings-cross-ltd-london-789310 ## 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 122,156 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 5 changes worth checking, checked 3 November 2026, newest first: - 7 May 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 7 May 2026. 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. - 19 Dec 2025: Director resigned: COHEN, Joel Edward. Director change recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 19 Dec 2025: New director appointed: GAD, Khaled. Director change recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 11 Mar 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 11 Mar 2025. 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 Mar 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 1 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. 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 Porte Noire Kings Cross Ltd ### Is Porte Noire Kings Cross Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Porte Noire Kings Cross Ltd in London 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 Porte Noire Kings Cross Ltd sponsor? Porte Noire Kings Cross Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Porte Noire Kings Cross Ltd based? The register lists Porte Noire Kings Cross Ltd at 8 Porchester Place, London, England, W2 2BS. 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 12496964. 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/porte-noire-kings-cross-ltd-london-789310 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/porte-noire-kings-cross-ltd-london-789310.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.