--- title: "The Small & Friendly Pub Co Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-small-and-friendly-pub-co-ltd-dorking-806890 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 --- # The Small & Friendly Pub Co Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Small & Friendly Pub Co Ltd (Companies House 07513634, Dorking) 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 28 March 2025 (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: 28 March 2025 - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Dorking - Registered address: Nower End, Nower Road, Dorking, England, RH4 3BX - Companies House number: 07513634 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07513634) - 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/the-small-and-friendly-pub-co-ltd-dorking-806890 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 41 licensed sponsors in Dorking: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/dorking - 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 26 October 2026, newest first: - 26 Oct 2026: Company is in liquidation at Companies House. Company status change recorded on 26 Oct 2026 (in liquidation). If your organisation has stopped trading or become insolvent, this must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. The 20-working-day window runs to about 23 Nov 2026. - 24 Oct 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 24 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 20 Nov 2026. - 3 Jun 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 3 Jun 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. - 15 May 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 May 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. - 14 May 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 14 May 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. - 17 Apr 2025: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 17 Apr 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. - 16 Apr 2025: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 16 Apr 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. 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 Small & Friendly Pub Co Ltd ### Is The Small & Friendly Pub Co Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Small & Friendly Pub Co Ltd in Dorking is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Small & Friendly Pub Co Ltd sponsor? The Small & Friendly Pub Co Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Small & Friendly Pub Co Ltd based? The register lists The Small & Friendly Pub Co Ltd at Nower End, Nower Road, Dorking, England, RH4 3BX. 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 07513634. 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-small-and-friendly-pub-co-ltd-dorking-806890 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-small-and-friendly-pub-co-ltd-dorking-806890.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.