--- title: "Abbeyfield Northumbria: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/abbeyfield-northumbria-newcastle-upon-tyne-789094 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 --- # Abbeyfield Northumbria: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Abbeyfield Northumbria (trading as Abbeyfield Society; Companies House 00702983; Newcastle upon Tyne) 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 9 July 2024 (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: 9 July 2024 - Trading as: Abbeyfield Society - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Newcastle upon Tyne - Companies House number: 00702983 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00702983) - Website: https://www.abbeyfieldnewcastle.org.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/abbeyfield-northumbria-newcastle-upon-tyne-789094 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 552 licensed sponsors in Newcastle upon Tyne: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/newcastle-upon-tyne - One of 17,780 in Healthcare: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/healthcare - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 15 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 22 Jun 2026: Director resigned: WILKINSON, Vera Rose. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 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. - 20 Jun 2026: Director resigned: EKE, Carole Lesley. Director change recorded on 20 Jun 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. - 20 Jun 2026: Director resigned: DUELL, Brian. Director change recorded on 20 Jun 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. - 17 Dec 2025: Director resigned: THOMPSON, James Alexander. Director change recorded on 17 Dec 2025. 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. - 7 Nov 2025: New director appointed: FAWCETT, Deirdre. Director change recorded on 7 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. - 24 Sep 2025: New director appointed: ALEXANDER, Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 24 Sep 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. - 24 Sep 2025: New director appointed: CRAIG, Alexandra Jane. Director change recorded on 24 Sep 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. - 24 Sep 2025: New director appointed: HODGSON, Geoffrey Mark. Director change recorded on 24 Sep 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. - 16 Jul 2025: Director resigned: HARDIE, Elizabeth Marjorie Anne. Director change recorded on 16 Jul 2025. 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. - 11 Jun 2025: Director resigned: BAKER-CRESSWELL, Ralph Robert. Director change recorded on 11 Jun 2025. 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. - 15 Apr 2025: Director resigned: ANDERSON, Marion Jean. Director change recorded on 15 Apr 2025. 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. - 15 Apr 2025: Director resigned: PORTER, Patricia Frances. Director change recorded on 15 Apr 2025. 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. - 17 Oct 2024: New secretary appointed: STANDFIELD, Peter Collier. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Oct 2024. 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. - 3 Oct 2024: Secretary resigned: PARRISH, William Kevin. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Oct 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. - 18 Jul 2024: Director resigned: MACKINTOSH, Raymond. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 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. 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 Abbeyfield Northumbria ### Is Abbeyfield Northumbria a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Abbeyfield Northumbria in Newcastle upon Tyne is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Abbeyfield Northumbria sponsor? Abbeyfield Northumbria is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Abbeyfield Northumbria based? The register lists Abbeyfield Northumbria at Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 00702983. 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/abbeyfield-northumbria-newcastle-upon-tyne-789094 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/abbeyfield-northumbria-newcastle-upon-tyne-789094.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.