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UK licensed sponsor · Edinburgh · Food and drink manufacturing
Ichiban
Ichiban, Edinburgh, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Ichiban UK Limited (08776727), active, incorporated in 2013 (13 years ago), registered for manufacture of other food products n.e.c..
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Companies House
Who Ichiban actually is
- Company number
- 08776727
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 November 2013 · 13 years old
- What they do
10890Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.
- Previously
- Pretty 1300 Limited (until 2013)
- Registered office
- Barrack Farm, Warren Lane, Woolpit, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9RT
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 11 September 2026.
What a licence means
They can sponsor. That is all it says.
A sponsor licence lets an organisation assign a Certificate of Sponsorship to a worker on the routes it covers. It does not mean Ichiban is hiring from abroad this month, only that it can, and has been checked by the Home Office to do so.
How to approach them
Or come through us
If Ichiban is the kind of employer you want, register with us. We supply trade tested candidates to UK sponsors and the introduction arrives with the test result.
The register
Ichiban, Edinburgh, holds a Home Office sponsor licence on the Skilled Worker route, and has been on the register since at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is Ichiban UK Limited (company number 08776727), a private limited company incorporated in 2013, 12 years ago. The registered office is at Barrack Farm, Warren Lane, Woolpit, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP30 9RT, IP30 9RT. By its SIC codes the business is in food and drink manufacturing. It has traded under other names before, including Pretty 1300 Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Ichiban the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.
Nearby
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- Eat CuriousNorthampton
For candidates
What you need to work here
- A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
- A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
- A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.
Register with Sama
Want to work for Ichiban, or somewhere like it?
Five fields, under a minute. We read every one. You never pay us anything, at any stage.
For employers
Using your sponsor licence again soon?
Next time you are recruiting, talk to us first. We supply trade tested drivers, mechanics, welders and fitters, can organise a trip to see candidates tested at our centres, and handle the Certificate of Sponsorship paperwork with you.
- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Trade tested before you see them, not after.
- Nothing is ever charged to the candidate.
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For candidates
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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.
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