--- title: "Emily Estate (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/emily-estate-uk-limited-castle-cary-768870 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 --- # Emily Estate (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Emily Estate (UK) Limited (trading as The Newt in Somerset; Companies House 08496160; Castle Cary) 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 11 September 2018 (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: 11 September 2018 - Trading as: The Newt in Somerset - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Castle Cary - Registered address: Estate Office, The Newt In Somerset, Bruton, Somerset, England, BA7 7NG - Companies House number: 08496160 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08496160) - Website: https://thenewtinsomerset.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/emily-estate-uk-limited-castle-cary-768870 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 22 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 24 Oct 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 24 Oct 2025. 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. - 29 Apr 2025: New director appointed: HUNTER, Jamie Kirk. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 29 Apr 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 29 Apr 2025. 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. - 6 Mar 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Mar 2025. 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. - 20 Sep 2024: Director resigned: WORKMAN, Edward John. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 Sep 2024: New director appointed: FOULKES, Andrew. Director change recorded on 20 Sep 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. - 17 Oct 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 17 Oct 2022. 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. - 15 Sep 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Sep 2022. 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. - 1 Sep 2022: New director appointed: MIRFIELD, Thomas James. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 22 Mar 2022: Director resigned: BLAKEY, Lynne Caroline. Director change recorded on 22 Mar 2022. 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. - 22 Mar 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Mar 2022. 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. - 21 Mar 2022: New secretary appointed: GALLIMORE, William Rupert Francis. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Mar 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. - 19 Oct 2021: Notification of Jennifer Leigh Rafferty as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 19 Oct 2021. 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. - 19 Oct 2021: Cessation of Mr John Faulkner Seldon as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 19 Oct 2021. 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. - 20 Nov 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Nov 2020. 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 Mar 2020: New director appointed: WORKMAN, Edward John. Director change recorded on 6 Mar 2020. 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. - 6 Mar 2020: New director appointed: VAN NIEKERK, Chris. Director change recorded on 6 Mar 2020. 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. - 17 Apr 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 17 Apr 2019. 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. - 31 Dec 2018: Director resigned: NASH, James David William. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 2018. 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. - 14 Nov 2018: Corporate-secretary resigned: AFB COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Nov 2018. 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. - 14 Nov 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 14 Nov 2018. 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. - 25 Oct 2018: New director appointed: BLAKEY, Lynne Caroline. Director change recorded on 25 Oct 2018. 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 Emily Estate (UK) Limited ### Is Emily Estate (UK) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Emily Estate (UK) Limited in Castle Cary is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Emily Estate (UK) Limited sponsor? Emily Estate (UK) Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Emily Estate (UK) Limited based? The register lists Emily Estate (UK) Limited at Estate Office, The Newt In Somerset, Bruton, Somerset, England, BA7 7NG. 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 08496160. 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/emily-estate-uk-limited-castle-cary-768870 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/emily-estate-uk-limited-castle-cary-768870.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.