--- title: "Cottam & Brookes Engineering Co (1985) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cottam-and-brookes-engineering-co-1985-limited-caerphilly-682690 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 --- # Cottam & Brookes Engineering Co (1985) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Cottam & Brookes Engineering Co (1985) Limited (Caerphilly) 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 August 2023 (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: 9 August 2023 - Legal name: COTTAM AND BROOKES ENGINEERING CO. (1985) LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Caerphilly - Companies House number: 02367635 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02367635) - Website: https://www.cbaero.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/cottam-and-brookes-engineering-co-1985-limited-caerphilly-682690 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 35 licensed sponsors in Caerphilly: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/caerphilly - 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 7 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Feb 2026: New person with significant control: Miss Carys Ann Edmunds. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Feb 2026. 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. - 1 Feb 2026: New director appointed: EDMUNDS, Carys Ann. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Feb 2026: New director appointed: EDMUNDS, Elaine Ann. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 4 Sep 2024: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 4 Sep 2024. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 12 Aug 2024: Cessation of Mrs Giselle Vera Edmunds as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Aug 2024. 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. - 12 Aug 2024: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 12 Aug 2024. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 6 Nov 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 6 Nov 2023. 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. 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 Cottam & Brookes Engineering Co (1985) Limited ### Is Cottam & Brookes Engineering Co (1985) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Cottam & Brookes Engineering Co (1985) Limited in Caerphilly is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Cottam & Brookes Engineering Co (1985) Limited sponsor? Cottam & Brookes Engineering Co (1985) Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Cottam & Brookes Engineering Co (1985) Limited based? The register lists Cottam & Brookes Engineering Co (1985) Limited at Caerphilly. 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/cottam-and-brookes-engineering-co-1985-limited-caerphilly-682690 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cottam-and-brookes-engineering-co-1985-limited-caerphilly-682690.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.