--- title: "Charles Wells Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/charles-wells-ltd-bedford-804462 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 --- # Charles Wells Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Charles Wells Ltd (trading as Wells & Co; Bedford) 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 19 April 2021 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 19 April 2021 - Trading as: Wells & Co - Legal name: CHARLES WELLS LIMITED - Also known as: PUB ALLIANCE - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Bedford - Companies House number: 00106884 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00106884) - Website: https://www.wellsandco.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/charles-wells-ltd-bedford-804462 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 332 licensed sponsors in Bedford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bedford - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 8 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Oct 2025: New director appointed: SMITH, Benjamin James. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 19 Dec 2024: New director appointed: BROAD, Mark Alexander. Director change recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 30 Sep 2024: Director resigned: COUCHMAN, Shirley. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 31 Mar 2024: Director resigned: PARMAR, Balvinder Kaur. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 19 Mar 2024: New director appointed: BEKKER, Danielle. Director change recorded on 19 Mar 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. - 28 Mar 2023: Company name changed, now trading as "CHARLES WELLS LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 28 Mar 2023. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Jan 2023: Director resigned: IVELL, Robert Lewis. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 3 Jan 2023: New director appointed: WEBSTER, Jonathan Paul. Director change recorded on 3 Jan 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 40 live vacancies tracked for this employer (129 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Delivery Driver · Ellesmere Port · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/delivery-driver/57439707 - Trainee or Qualified Pharmacy Assistant · Plymouth · £13 · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/trainee-or-qualified-pharmacy-assistant/57510731 - Qualified Pharmacy Assistant · SK91PA · £13 · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/qualified-pharmacy-assistant/57451740 - Trainee or Qualified Pharmacy Assistant · Sittingbourne · £13 · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/trainee-or-qualified-pharmacy-assistant/57444606 - Area Operations Manager · Manchester · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/area-operations-manager/57510730 - Qualified Pharmacy Assistant · Freckleton · £13 · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/qualified-pharmacy-assistant/57444608 - Delivery Driver · Bedworth · £13 · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/delivery-driver/57451678 - Delivery Driver · Sunderland · £13 · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/delivery-driver/57509725 All listings: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/jobs?sponsorId=804462&employer=Charles%20Wells%20Ltd 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 Charles Wells Ltd ### Is Charles Wells Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Charles Wells Ltd in Bedford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Charles Wells Ltd sponsor? Charles Wells Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Does Charles Wells Ltd have any jobs open right now? We are currently tracking 40 live vacancies from Charles Wells Ltd on UK job boards. Not every job offers sponsorship, so check the advert or ask the employer. ### Where is Charles Wells Ltd based? The register lists Charles Wells Ltd at Bedford. 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. 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/charles-wells-ltd-bedford-804462 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/charles-wells-ltd-bedford-804462.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.