--- title: "Action for Children: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/action-for-children-watford-789821 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 --- # Action for Children: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Action for Children (trading as Bradbury House; Companies House 04764232; Watford) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: Bradbury House - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Watford - Registered address: ACTION FOR CHILDREN, 3 The Boulevard, Ascot Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 8AG - Companies House number: 04764232 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04764232) - Website: https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/contact-us/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/action-for-children - 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/action-for-children-watford-789821 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 491 licensed sponsors in Watford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/watford - 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 88 changes worth checking, checked 30 October 2026, newest first: - 18 Aug 2026: New director appointed: NEWMAN, Jeremy Steven. Director change recorded on 18 Aug 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. - 1 Jul 2026: Director resigned: JOHNSON, Enda Michael. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 30 Jun 2026: Director resigned: PATEL, Sarika Bijendra. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 30 Jun 2026: Director resigned: ATKIN, Lynne Ann. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 22 May 2026: Director resigned: EVANS, Leslie Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 22 May 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 Apr 2026: New director appointed: FLEMING, Robert Andrew. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 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. - 17 Apr 2026: New director appointed: BELL, Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 17 Apr 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. - 17 Apr 2026: New director appointed: HUNTER, Anthony John. Director change recorded on 17 Apr 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. - 15 Apr 2026: New director appointed: EASTMOND, Richard James. Director change recorded on 15 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2026: Director resigned: WARWICK, Dawn Lesley. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 24 Feb 2026: New secretary appointed: HAWTIN, Richard. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Feb 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. - 12 Dec 2025: Secretary resigned: MCGUINNESS, Aoife Marie, Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 12 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. - 3 Dec 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 3 Dec 2025. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 2 Dec 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 2 Dec 2025. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 Feb 2025: New secretary appointed: MCGUINNESS, Aoife Marie, Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Feb 2025: Secretary resigned: TOUTZIARI, Georgia, Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Feb 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. - 1 Jul 2024: Director resigned: RUETIMANN, Markus Hardy. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 22 Feb 2024: New director appointed: KAUL, Navin. Director change recorded on 22 Feb 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. - 26 Apr 2023: New director appointed: GEEKIE, Charles Nairn. Director change recorded on 26 Apr 2023. 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. - 31 Mar 2023: Director resigned: EDWARDS, Gary James. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2023. 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. - 2 Aug 2022: Director resigned: DODGE, Tanith Claire. Director change recorded on 2 Aug 2022. 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. - 1 Aug 2022: New director appointed: EVANS, Leslie Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 2022. 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 Jun 2022: New secretary appointed: TOUTZIARI, Georgia, Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Jun 2022. 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 Jun 2022: Secretary resigned: PUNCHIHEWA, Harindra Deepal. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Jun 2022. 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. - 24 Jan 2022: New director appointed: ATKIN, Lynne Ann. Director change recorded on 24 Jan 2022. 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. - + 63 earlier changes on the web page 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 5 live vacancies tracked for this employer (17 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Residential Support Worker · Bristol · £28,100 · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/PGhRVFZwic6q--d2nwrO2OdFeY6oUfMitbuCpOR7vGcsIckdKshQ2BS_07SWJM3iUsXsYdTYBEeNPvdn3c-AR_P-88fAV60KKN00fE268rABUJKDSgETAxkTwNEy7T21RlJVNkxdrgDIdi5_3qXc5HNbsY3uxfhqDkRLOyi_qD-aDSoQ41C3cw-yJk35TYW9iZYYutItaaR2AQcnUb5RsmuWWZMZeKXgWVFoEbVNMxQ - Young Persons Practitioner · Pembrokeshire · £26,007 · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/96t45HEYwT1uL_zHTN_y8Dk6eTqk-otqQ2g1JDmBKYsojwreXG-ud-Lj9LRxpJCLaSOPkUM8JiOWiDuj2lPYQRivdUOMU5UvmP2KkEXa04trZpF4gSB3Vy4pIC3Eu9djglXAJW56KZk8XDJkU1FavVfPhL0Xp_pADVKNRlpbS9HMuQMl7-URUhLRZnxEH3M-ho1hT9OkehdkfGDuS4zlE8dy-Jn7_Cs66dbTodONKUw - Residential Support Worker · Wrexham · £13 · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/0Ek8eCwJkS7LL2OG7yiBnqRLOtiknDPdErRBK4UHbPzE8Os3jRvB-J-tTRnlcakTQvOI9xJnbBNHOPzgucJd_Ct5NrVWD87T_NcAbvRZXW0M8dw1cFo-6kZ6X-XAGMJ214JFMq5zfEhP-mX8JL49kq67rPT0NAsXXyNmccXQ4OHZkcOSs53xtvImIidETzBXbMX84mNNnwJIv9I4I-SPsBJ9rEbSaY4vhPzECByTHpQ - Team Manager Fostering and Adoption · Bristol · £50,400 · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/WfIne6t-lHFZ9LrSqOEqZD0lwycwqx-by5GMm12Qz4nkHLNNyGDofEviTzsgA9NkCGhAibj76Uku0xyQEy4dQ2rQYvzP7BY4IFy0872YLn1v3BPcHS-OEVx-8LHGb99p63LWIfR92lSoBPgtS5a0fMMSGVEFhYQvC-xNK36QrzPJIQU805CIQo6RVb6f5HWGjJGWMyE1SBQwmM5TAS4hLM9ybwYvgfNSp9BNcR_-KmU - Residential Support Worker Days · Edinburgh - Midlothian · £26,500 · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/TDlU4u6psWUXWYFxq5n-bMYSv_HbhdQGZXMFUB0RuE-6l2XRzP6akTpJmVBBeUgx-nmzWtAhOc3SSd2WsuSMrYZ0W-ft2vtQRQuQprUrLGD4IwcOl77QWoEzV9OWlvrtLCEZx_mQ-Z6VWrTv-W_9A3SPX1JlpAYOE8HMzYIqGH0sh5fwqIgF5_-4e3LrzcK4Df5mNBB6UatIGhOyfBUBTJzj41Uc9r5hp35AQ9RfYEY - Service Coordinator · Carmarthenshire · £34,000 · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/RdwV2ccAg3riGrYinKWfu3Cqy9i8biMXXTa0QbW-nf1LNpd8qYVsmskKyrD_IkxmhKQSln0NrksLExhTiHGdnleVK7iksPuSgh3Jsstcj5L_ZZgg0Pt8oP-h9yoJsCzmMBLDIKXp2UKWJXjSMvRe5yZV4wyzCqnKKOcedxu9yZOl2MwS-8XssUqwyD87elCENRDTK25F3-7oE_AXcQZpo4_yHTsX8ZnElEybp6H8Vcg - Residential Support Worker · High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire · £13 · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/5mJ_nXfMbz_2LzH8hrQs7aRQZ48zMRWR0J6nBPji3CLCIbTIqQXIaG0F25ulk4OFSYpA8oV8dM0br1yOybYBbGqtA-eboODvi_A8gdCAjXqx-EgSU0be_7LB8UC-cT5FuOxEdy6Ez4FtDRl3exMuCFfEhcGoyhkdKWe-X9bOJ_Qw5PJN6u-fEIcabdxNX37QIkE9Klf4e-BQxIW-LKrpqthkGqZhvu_WlURtSuieCI0 - Residential Support Worker · Hamilton, South Lanarkshire · £25,949 · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/0fC678fF75eFdGWUksIvsMpS9kyA686sage2SPGz3HMDfp_Ea8C-T6cnuJ7Kg6eqCw-yxjS5-AAA380NYZ8UO460OCt4sVqbjXbH084kyq9_I7_QxV4rkg2DNOouSkbKeicdZXp45uy-bYmw5RAg5LHOmO8t28JziQ_sLnYV0fPKhG0PdCLt8IxEMvlOicCU-BGpv9ZMnEgrg9EDeeAE_YyC6REadOg0u-e1pCFsMcY All listings: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/jobs?sponsorId=789821&employer=Action%20for%20Children A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Action for Children ### Is Action for Children a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Action for Children in Watford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Action for Children sponsor? Action for Children is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Does Action for Children have any jobs open right now? We are currently tracking 5 live vacancies from Action for Children on UK job boards. Not every job offers sponsorship, so check the advert or ask the employer. ### Where is Action for Children based? The register lists Action for Children at ACTION FOR CHILDREN, 3 The Boulevard, Ascot Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 8AG. 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 04764232. 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/action-for-children-watford-789821 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/action-for-children-watford-789821.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.