--- title: "Stop-choc Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stop-choc-limited-reading-694487 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 --- # Stop-choc Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Stop-choc Limited (Companies House 01286216, Reading) 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 17 May 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: 17 May 2022 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Reading - Registered address: Unit 21 Suttons Business Park Sutton Park Avenue, Earley, Reading, England, RG6 1AZ - Companies House number: 01286216 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01286216) - 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/stop-choc-limited-reading-694487 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 912 licensed sponsors in Reading: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/reading - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 12 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Oct 2025: New director appointed: GUITOU, Stephane Simon Louis. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 30 Sep 2025: Director resigned: ANTOLIN, Eric. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 28 Nov 2024: Director resigned: BONI, Bernard. Director change recorded on 28 Nov 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. - 28 Nov 2024: New director appointed: ORANCE, Nicolas. Director change recorded on 28 Nov 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. - 21 Dec 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 21 Dec 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. - 30 Sep 2023: New director appointed: BONI, Bernard. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 29 Sep 2023: Director resigned: OLIVIER, Philippe. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 5 May 2023: Director resigned: STEER, Robert Wayne. Director change recorded on 5 May 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. - 15 Apr 2023: Director resigned: SMITH, Maurice James. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 16 Jan 2023: New director appointed: GRIDEL, Jerome Alain Pierre Andre. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 16 Jan 2023: New director appointed: HUGHES, Andrew Christopher. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 31 May 2022: Director resigned: WALKER, Michael Geoffrey. Director change recorded on 31 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. 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 Stop-choc Limited ### Is Stop-choc Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Stop-choc Limited in Reading 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 Stop-choc Limited sponsor? Stop-choc Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Stop-choc Limited based? The register lists Stop-choc Limited at Unit 21 Suttons Business Park Sutton Park Avenue, Earley, Reading, England, RG6 1AZ. 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 01286216. 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/stop-choc-limited-reading-694487 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stop-choc-limited-reading-694487.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.