--- title: "FWS Carter & Sons Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fws-carter-and-sons-ltd-exeter-768396 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 --- # FWS Carter & Sons Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, FWS Carter & Sons Ltd (Exeter) 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 4 August 2021 (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 2021 - Legal name: F W S CARTER & SONS LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Exeter - Companies House number: 02033792 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02033792) - 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/fws-carter-and-sons-ltd-exeter-768396 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 193 licensed sponsors in Exeter: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/exeter - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 8 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 2 Dec 2025: New director appointed: GIBBONS, Richard Douglas Maurice. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 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. - 2 Dec 2025: New director appointed: CHANTER, Thomas Fulco French Wolfer. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 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. - 2 Dec 2025: New director appointed: YOUELL, Martyn John. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 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. - 17 Sep 2024: Secretary resigned: GERMAN, Peter. Company secretary change recorded on 17 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. - 4 Jun 2024: Director resigned: GERMAN, Peter Lewin. Director change recorded on 4 Jun 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. - 14 Mar 2023: New person with significant control: Ms Zoe Anne House. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 Mar 2023. 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. - 14 Mar 2023: Notification of Mr Alec Robin Bill Carter as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 14 Mar 2023. 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. - 14 Mar 2023: New person with significant control: Ms Penelope Beatrice Dart. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 Mar 2023. 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. 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 FWS Carter & Sons Ltd ### Is FWS Carter & Sons Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. FWS Carter & Sons Ltd in Exeter is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can FWS Carter & Sons Ltd sponsor? FWS Carter & Sons Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is FWS Carter & Sons Ltd based? The register lists FWS Carter & Sons Ltd at Exeter. 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/fws-carter-and-sons-ltd-exeter-768396 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fws-carter-and-sons-ltd-exeter-768396.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.