--- title: "The Algarve Restaurant: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-algarve-restaurant-potters-bar-herts-795968 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-02 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # The Algarve Restaurant: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, The Algarve Restaurant (Companies House 12210257, Potters Bar Herts) 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 23 June 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: 23 June 2022 - Legal name: THE ALGARVE RESTAURANT LTD - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: POTTERS BAR HERTS - Registered address: Ground Floor 40 The Broadway, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, England, EN6 2HW - Companies House number: 12210257 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12210257) - Website: https://www.algarverestaurant.net - Register data as of: 2 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-algarve-restaurant-potters-bar-herts-795968 ## Where this sponsor sits - 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 7 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 29 Jun 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 29 Jun 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. - 20 Apr 2023: New person with significant control: Mr Simon Jonathan Lancer. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Apr 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. - 20 Apr 2023: Cessation of Ms Barbara Katarzyna Jurasz as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Apr 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. - 20 Apr 2023: Cessation of Mr Pedro Manuel Fernandes Do Vale E Silva as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Apr 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. - 20 Apr 2023: Director resigned: JURASZ, Barbara Katarzyna. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 Apr 2023: New director appointed: LANCER, Simon Jonathan. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 Apr 2023: New director appointed: FERNANDES DO VALE E SILVA, Pedro Manuel. Director change recorded on 20 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. 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 The Algarve Restaurant ### Is The Algarve Restaurant a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Algarve Restaurant in POTTERS BAR HERTS 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 The Algarve Restaurant sponsor? The Algarve Restaurant is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Algarve Restaurant based? The register lists The Algarve Restaurant at Ground Floor 40 The Broadway, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, England, EN6 2HW. 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 2 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 12210257. 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/the-algarve-restaurant-potters-bar-herts-795968 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-algarve-restaurant-potters-bar-herts-795968.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.