--- title: "Durham Dales Health Federation: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/durham-dales-health-federation-bishop-auckland-686735 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 --- # Durham Dales Health Federation: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Durham Dales Health Federation (Companies House 06510296, Bishop Auckland) 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 13 June 2024 (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: 13 June 2024 - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Bishop Auckland - Companies House number: 06510296 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06510296) - Website: https://www.ddhf.co.uk - 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/durham-dales-health-federation-bishop-auckland-686735 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 24 licensed sponsors in Bishop Auckland: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bishop-auckland - 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 4 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Jan 2026: New director appointed: WATKIN, Rebecca Jeanie, Dr. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: HARRISON, Catherine Maria Sarah. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 1 Apr 2025: New secretary appointed: LEE, Thomas James. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2025: Secretary resigned: LEE, Kevin. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Mar 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. 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 Durham Dales Health Federation ### Is Durham Dales Health Federation a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Durham Dales Health Federation in Bishop Auckland is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Durham Dales Health Federation sponsor? Durham Dales Health Federation is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Durham Dales Health Federation based? The register lists Durham Dales Health Federation at Bishop Auckland. 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 06510296. 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/durham-dales-health-federation-bishop-auckland-686735 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/durham-dales-health-federation-bishop-auckland-686735.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.