--- title: "Demelza Hospice Care for Children: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/demelza-hospice-care-for-children-sittingbourne-684448 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 --- # Demelza Hospice Care for Children: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Demelza Hospice Care for Children (trading as Demelza Kent; Sittingbourne) 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). ## 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: Demelza Kent - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Sittingbourne - Companies House number: 02948500 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02948500) - Website: https://www.demelza.org.uk/about/demelza-kent/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/demelzacharity/ - 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/demelza-hospice-care-for-children-sittingbourne-684448 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 84 licensed sponsors in Sittingbourne: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/sittingbourne - 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 94 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 20 May 2026: Director resigned: TETHER, Susan. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 21 Jan 2026: Director resigned: SAMEEM, Aishah Tazkia Zaman. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 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. - 16 Jan 2026: New director appointed: HARVEY, Lucille. Director change recorded on 16 Jan 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 Jan 2026: Director resigned: SMITH, Natasha. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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. - 4 Dec 2025: Director resigned: SMITH, Paul Berkley. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 2 Oct 2025: Director resigned: HUNTER, George. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 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. - 2 Oct 2025: Director resigned: AVERY, Pedro Mark Daniel. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 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. - 7 Aug 2025: New director appointed: SINGH, Harsimran. Director change recorded on 7 Aug 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. - 3 Jul 2025: New director appointed: BURNS, Rory. Director change recorded on 3 Jul 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. - 22 Apr 2025: Director resigned: PARKS, Yvonne Alyson, Dr. Director change recorded on 22 Apr 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. - 27 Mar 2025: New director appointed: TARAWALLY, Jenneh Haja, Dr. Director change recorded on 27 Mar 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. - 25 Mar 2025: New director appointed: PATEY, Richard Antony, Dr. Director change recorded on 25 Mar 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. - 11 Mar 2025: New director appointed: LUCAS, Heather. Director change recorded on 11 Mar 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. - 16 Jan 2025: New director appointed: SIMPSON, John Edward. Director change recorded on 16 Jan 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. - 30 Nov 2024: Director resigned: BARBER, Pippa Jane. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 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. - 4 Jul 2024: New director appointed: TETHER, Susan. Director change recorded on 4 Jul 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. - 4 Jul 2024: New director appointed: SAMEEM, Aishah Tazkia Zaman. Director change recorded on 4 Jul 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. - 4 Jul 2024: New director appointed: HOLLIMAN, Karl Thomas. Director change recorded on 4 Jul 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. - 4 Jul 2024: New director appointed: ILIFFE, Paula Marion. Director change recorded on 4 Jul 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. - 4 Apr 2024: Director resigned: ALEXANDER, Robert. Director change recorded on 4 Apr 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. - 18 Jan 2024: Director resigned: KEMP, Debbie. Director change recorded on 18 Jan 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. - 21 Nov 2023: Secretary resigned: JARRETT, Lavinia Tracy. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Nov 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. - 21 Nov 2023: New secretary appointed: CHAMBERLAIN, Charlotte Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Nov 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. - 1 Nov 2023: Director resigned: HIGHTON, David Peter. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 1 Nov 2023: Director resigned: ANSTEE, Darren Charles. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - + 69 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 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 Demelza Hospice Care for Children ### Is Demelza Hospice Care for Children a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Demelza Hospice Care for Children in Sittingbourne 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 Demelza Hospice Care for Children sponsor? Demelza Hospice Care for Children is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Demelza Hospice Care for Children based? The register lists Demelza Hospice Care for Children at Sittingbourne. 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/demelza-hospice-care-for-children-sittingbourne-684448 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/demelza-hospice-care-for-children-sittingbourne-684448.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.