--- title: "The Village Store: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-village-store-hertfordshire-734871 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 Village Store: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Village Store (Companies House 02733922, Hertfordshire) 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 18 June 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: 18 June 2025 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Hertfordshire - Registered address: 16 Lancaster Way, Kate Reed Wood, West Malling, Kent, England, ME19 4LB - Companies House number: 02733922 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02733922) - 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-village-store-hertfordshire-734871 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 179 licensed sponsors in Hertfordshire: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hertfordshire - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 1 change worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 4 Mar 2014: Company is dissolved at Companies House. Company status change recorded on 4 Mar 2014 (dissolved). 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. 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 Village Store ### Is The Village Store a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Village Store in Hertfordshire 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 Village Store sponsor? The Village Store is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Village Store based? The register lists The Village Store at 16 Lancaster Way, Kate Reed Wood, West Malling, Kent, England, ME19 4LB. 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 02733922. 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-village-store-hertfordshire-734871 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-village-store-hertfordshire-734871.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.