--- title: "The Unstuffy Hotel Co Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-unstuffy-hotel-co-ltd-bowness-on-windermere-729219 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 Unstuffy Hotel Co Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Unstuffy Hotel Co Ltd (trading as Linthwaite House; Companies House 04703734; Bowness-on-Windermere) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 6 November 2017 (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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 6 November 2017 - Trading as: Linthwaite House - Legal name: THE UNSTUFFY HOTEL CO LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Bowness-on-Windermere - Registered address: Dixcart House Addlestone Road, Bourne Business Park, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 2LE - Companies House number: 04703734 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04703734) - 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-unstuffy-hotel-co-ltd-bowness-on-windermere-729219 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 16 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 20 Feb 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Feb 2026. 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. - 31 Oct 2025: Director resigned: ROBERTSON, Peter Anthony. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 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. - 6 Aug 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Aug 2024. 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. - 19 Mar 2024: Cessation of Neelu Singh as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 19 Mar 2024. 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. - 6 Sep 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Sep 2023. 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. - 22 Jun 2023: New director appointed: VAN DER WESTHUYZEN, Jacobus. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 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. - 6 Apr 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Apr 2023. 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. - 2 Mar 2023: Director resigned: VAN DER WALT, Jean. Director change recorded on 2 Mar 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. - 1 Apr 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 25 Nov 2021: New director appointed: MANEK, Hardik Bharat. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 29 Oct 2021: New director appointed: VAN DER WALT, Jean. Director change recorded on 29 Oct 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. - 17 Aug 2021: New director appointed: WATERFORD, Nicolette. Director change recorded on 17 Aug 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. - 19 Apr 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Apr 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. - 30 Jan 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 30 Jan 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. - 30 May 2019: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 30 May 2019. 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. - 5 Apr 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 5 Apr 2019. 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 Unstuffy Hotel Co Ltd ### Is The Unstuffy Hotel Co Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Unstuffy Hotel Co Ltd in Bowness-on-Windermere is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Unstuffy Hotel Co Ltd sponsor? The Unstuffy Hotel Co Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Unstuffy Hotel Co Ltd based? The register lists The Unstuffy Hotel Co Ltd at Dixcart House Addlestone Road, Bourne Business Park, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 2LE. 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 04703734. 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-unstuffy-hotel-co-ltd-bowness-on-windermere-729219 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-unstuffy-hotel-co-ltd-bowness-on-windermere-729219.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.