--- title: "D J Howard Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/d-j-howard-ltd-milton-keynes-683616 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 --- # D J Howard Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, D J Howard Ltd (trading as Bluebird Care; Milton Keynes) 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 18 August 2022 (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: 18 August 2022 - Trading as: Bluebird Care - Legal name: D.J.HOWARD LIMITED - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Milton Keynes - Companies House number: 07683426 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07683426) - Website: https://www.careopinion.org.uk/services/1-324335374 - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/careopinion - 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/d-j-howard-ltd-milton-keynes-683616 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 840 licensed sponsors in Milton Keynes: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/milton-keynes - 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 7 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 11 Jun 2026: Cessation of Mrs Margaret Anwyl as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Jun 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. - 23 Feb 2024: Notification of Howard Family Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 23 Feb 2024. 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. - 23 Feb 2024: Cessation of Mrs Catherine Slater as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 Feb 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. - 23 Feb 2024: Cessation of Mr David James Howard as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 Feb 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. - 31 Dec 2022: Notification of Mrs Catherine Slater as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 31 Dec 2022. 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. - 31 Dec 2022: Cessation of Mrs Ceridwen Ann Howard as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Dec 2022. 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. - 31 Dec 2022: New director appointed: SLATER, Catherine. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. 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 D J Howard Ltd ### Is D J Howard Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. D J Howard Ltd in Milton Keynes is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can D J Howard Ltd sponsor? D J Howard Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is D J Howard Ltd based? The register lists D J Howard Ltd at Milton Keynes. 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/d-j-howard-ltd-milton-keynes-683616 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/d-j-howard-ltd-milton-keynes-683616.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.