--- title: "Watergate Bay Hotel Limited T/A Watergate Bay Hotel: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/watergate-bay-hotel-limited-t-a-watergate-bay-hotel-newquay-771223 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 --- # Watergate Bay Hotel Limited T/A Watergate Bay Hotel: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Watergate Bay Hotel Limited T/A Watergate Bay Hotel (Companies House 03709185, Newquay) 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 7 October 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: 7 October 2021 - Legal name: Watergate Bay Hotel Limited - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Newquay - Registered address: Watergate Bay Hotel, Watergate Bay, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 4AA - Companies House number: 03709185 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03709185) - Website: https://watergatebay.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/watergate-bay-hotel-limited-t-a-watergate-bay-hotel-newquay-771223 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 19 licensed sponsors in Newquay: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/newquay - 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 5 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 14 Sep 2026: Director resigned: MAHON, Simon. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 2026. 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. - 25 Nov 2025: Notification of Mr Andrew Sean Lockwood as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 25 Nov 2025. 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. - 5 Nov 2025: New secretary appointed: FISHLEIGH, Claire Victoria. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Nov 2025. 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. - 28 Feb 2025: New director appointed: MAHON, Simon. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2025. 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 Dec 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Dec 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. 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 Watergate Bay Hotel Limited T/A Watergate Bay Hotel ### Is Watergate Bay Hotel Limited T/A Watergate Bay Hotel a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Watergate Bay Hotel Limited T/A Watergate Bay Hotel in Newquay 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 Watergate Bay Hotel Limited T/A Watergate Bay Hotel sponsor? Watergate Bay Hotel Limited T/A Watergate Bay Hotel is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Watergate Bay Hotel Limited T/A Watergate Bay Hotel based? The register lists Watergate Bay Hotel Limited T/A Watergate Bay Hotel at Watergate Bay Hotel, Watergate Bay, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 4AA. 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 03709185. 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/watergate-bay-hotel-limited-t-a-watergate-bay-hotel-newquay-771223 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/watergate-bay-hotel-limited-t-a-watergate-bay-hotel-newquay-771223.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.