--- title: "English Care: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/english-care-shrewsbury-763704 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 --- # English Care: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, English Care (trading as BOWBROOK HOUSE; Companies House 05207492; Shrewsbury) 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 17 January 2022 (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: 17 January 2022 - Trading as: BOWBROOK HOUSE - Legal name: ENGLISH CARE LIMITED - Also known as: LADY FORESTER - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Shrewsbury - Registered address: Bowbrook House, Bowbrook, Shrewsbury, SY3 5BS - Companies House number: 05207492 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05207492) - Website: https://www.bowbrookhouse.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/english-care-shrewsbury-763704 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 124 licensed sponsors in Shrewsbury: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/shrewsbury - 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 3 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 24 Feb 2025: New director appointed: ENGLISH, George Thomas. Director change recorded on 24 Feb 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. - 9 Mar 2023: New director appointed: ENGLISH, David Michael. Director change recorded on 9 Mar 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 Jul 2022: Director resigned: ENGLISH, David Michael. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. 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 English Care ### Is English Care a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. English Care in Shrewsbury 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 English Care sponsor? English Care is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is English Care based? The register lists English Care at Bowbrook House, Bowbrook, Shrewsbury, SY3 5BS. 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 05207492. 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/english-care-shrewsbury-763704 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/english-care-shrewsbury-763704.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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