--- title: "Zarafa Group Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/zarafa-group-limited-pickering-755151 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 --- # Zarafa Group Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Zarafa Group Limited (Companies House 05674776, Pickering) 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 June 2016 (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 June 2016 - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: Pickering - Registered address: 7 Hungate, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 7DL - Companies House number: 05674776 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05674776) - Website: https://www.zarafagroup.com - 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/zarafa-group-limited-pickering-755151 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 10,203 in Property & Construction: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/property-construction - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 9 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 8 Jan 2026: New director appointed: ARMITAGE, Kevin James. Director change recorded on 8 Jan 2026. 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. - 8 Jan 2026: New director appointed: KOPYCKI, Sebastian. Director change recorded on 8 Jan 2026. 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. - 10 Sep 2024: Company bought back its own shares. Share filing recorded on 10 Sep 2024, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 4 Sep 2024: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share filing recorded on 4 Sep 2024, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 30 Aug 2024: Notification of Zarafa Holdco Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 30 Aug 2024. 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. - 30 Aug 2024: Cessation of Mr Andrew Geoffrey Fowles as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Aug 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. - 30 Aug 2024: Cessation of Mr Robert Douglas Armitage as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Aug 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. - 30 Aug 2024: Director resigned: FOWLES, Andrew Geoffrey. Director change recorded on 30 Aug 2024. 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. - 4 Nov 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Nov 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. 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 Zarafa Group Limited ### Is Zarafa Group Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Zarafa Group Limited in Pickering is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Zarafa Group Limited sponsor? Zarafa Group Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Zarafa Group Limited based? The register lists Zarafa Group Limited at 7 Hungate, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 7DL. 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 05674776. 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/zarafa-group-limited-pickering-755151 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/zarafa-group-limited-pickering-755151.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.