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Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from Croydon, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageA & AK PATEL LTD is a private limited company (Companies House number 11425445), incorporated in June 2018, with its registered office in Thornton Heath. Companies House lists its business as retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating. It is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route with an A rating. It has been on the register since December 2023.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 22 Oct 2026.
On the register since December 2023, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. No changes to its licence since then.
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Yes. A & AK PATEL LTD is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker route. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists A & AK PATEL LTD for one route: Skilled Worker (A rating).
A & AK PATEL LTD has been on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors since December 2023, the first copy of the register that lists it.
A & AK PATEL LTD is registered with Companies House under company number 11425445, with its registered office in Thornton Heath.
The register lists A & AK PATEL LTD with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Companies House lists A & AK PATEL LTD under retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating.
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30 other licensed sponsors in Croydon have the same industry code: retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating (47110).