--- title: "V2 Brothers Ltd T/A The Spice Merchant: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/v2-brothers-ltd-t-a-the-spice-merchant-newtownabbey-692579 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 --- # V2 Brothers Ltd T/A The Spice Merchant: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, V2 Brothers Ltd T/A The Spice Merchant (Companies House NI666216, Newtownabbey) 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 15 March 2021 (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: 15 March 2021 - Legal name: V2 Brothers Ltd - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Newtownabbey - Registered address: 620 Shore Road Jordastown, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, BT37 0ST - Companies House number: NI666216 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI666216) - 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/v2-brothers-ltd-t-a-the-spice-merchant-newtownabbey-692579 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 35 licensed sponsors in Newtownabbey: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/newtownabbey - 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 2 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 13 Oct 2021: Notification of Mr Sachin Bhatt as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 13 Oct 2021. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 13 Oct 2021: Cessation of Mr Nitin Bhatt as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 Oct 2021. 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. 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 V2 Brothers Ltd T/A The Spice Merchant ### Is V2 Brothers Ltd T/A The Spice Merchant a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. V2 Brothers Ltd T/A The Spice Merchant in Newtownabbey is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can V2 Brothers Ltd T/A The Spice Merchant sponsor? V2 Brothers Ltd T/A The Spice Merchant is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is V2 Brothers Ltd T/A The Spice Merchant based? The register lists V2 Brothers Ltd T/A The Spice Merchant at 620 Shore Road Jordastown, Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, BT37 0ST. 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 NI666216. 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/v2-brothers-ltd-t-a-the-spice-merchant-newtownabbey-692579 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/v2-brothers-ltd-t-a-the-spice-merchant-newtownabbey-692579.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.