--- title: "Astoria Healthcare Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/astoria-healthcare-ltd-hounslow-795650 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 --- # Astoria Healthcare Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Astoria Healthcare Ltd (trading as BRAND Southern Cross Healthcare; Companies House 07726395; Hounslow) 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 27 November 2020 (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: 27 November 2020 - Trading as: BRAND Southern Cross Healthcare - Legal name: ASTORIA HEALTHCARE LIMITED - Also known as: Vicarage Farm Nursing Home - Industry: Healthcare - Town: HOUNSLOW - Registered address: 139 Vicarage Farm Road, Hounslow, TW5 0AA - Companies House number: 07726395 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07726395) - Website: https://www.astoriahealthcare.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/astoria-healthcare-ltd-hounslow-795650 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 489 licensed sponsors in Hounslow: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hounslow - 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 3 changes worth checking, checked 30 October 2026, newest first: - 15 Sep 2025: Notification of Nashcare Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 15 Sep 2025. 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. - 15 Sep 2025: Cessation of Mr Surinder Singh Dhatt as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Sep 2025. 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. - 22 Oct 2023: New director appointed: DHATT, Gurmel Kaur. Director change recorded on 22 Oct 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. 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 Astoria Healthcare Ltd ### Is Astoria Healthcare Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Astoria Healthcare Ltd in HOUNSLOW is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Astoria Healthcare Ltd sponsor? Astoria Healthcare Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Astoria Healthcare Ltd based? The register lists Astoria Healthcare Ltd at 139 Vicarage Farm Road, Hounslow, TW5 0AA. 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 07726395. 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/astoria-healthcare-ltd-hounslow-795650 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/astoria-healthcare-ltd-hounslow-795650.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.