--- title: "Venn Farm Racing Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/venn-farm-racing-ltd-sherborne-772548 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 --- # Venn Farm Racing Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Venn Farm Racing Ltd (Companies House 05849663, Sherborne) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: VENN FARM RACING LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: SHERBORNE - Registered address: Maltravers House, Petters Way, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1SH - Companies House number: 05849663 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05849663) - Website: http://www.colintizzard.co.uk/ - 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/venn-farm-racing-ltd-sherborne-772548 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 20 licensed sponsors in Sherborne: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/sherborne - 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 6 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 21 Jun 2024: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 21 Jun 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. - 1 Jul 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 1 Jul 2022. 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. - 14 May 2020: Cessation of Mrs Kim Alexandra Gingell as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 May 2020. 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. - 14 May 2020: Director resigned: GINGELL, Kim Alexandra. Director change recorded on 14 May 2020. 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 Apr 2017: New person with significant control: Mrs Kim Alexandra Gingell. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2017. 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 Apr 2017: New person with significant control: Mr Colin Leslie Tizzard. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2017. 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 Venn Farm Racing Ltd ### Is Venn Farm Racing Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Venn Farm Racing Ltd in SHERBORNE is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Venn Farm Racing Ltd sponsor? Venn Farm Racing Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Venn Farm Racing Ltd based? The register lists Venn Farm Racing Ltd at Maltravers House, Petters Way, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1SH. 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 05849663. 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/venn-farm-racing-ltd-sherborne-772548 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/venn-farm-racing-ltd-sherborne-772548.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.