--- title: "Ilchester Estates: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ilchester-estates-dorchester-695091 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 --- # Ilchester Estates: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Ilchester Estates (Companies House 01006592, Dorchester) 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 15 February 2021 (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: 15 February 2021 - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: Dorchester - Registered address: The Estate Office, Melbury Sampford, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0LF - Companies House number: 01006592 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01006592) - Website: https://www.dorsetcountrylettings.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/ilchester-estates-dorchester-695091 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 50 licensed sponsors in Dorchester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/dorchester - One of 10,203 in Property & Construction: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/property-construction - 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: - 2 Jun 2025: Director resigned: HENDERSON, Mark Alastair. Director change recorded on 2 Jun 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. - 29 May 2025: New director appointed: SHUTTLEWORTH, Patrick Joseph Ashton. Director change recorded on 29 May 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. - 5 Dec 2022: Secretary resigned: SCRACE, Marcus Kingswood. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Dec 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. - 5 Dec 2022: New secretary appointed: JUTSON, Kevin Trevor. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Dec 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. 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 Ilchester Estates ### Is Ilchester Estates a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ilchester Estates in Dorchester 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 Ilchester Estates sponsor? Ilchester Estates is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Ilchester Estates based? The register lists Ilchester Estates at The Estate Office, Melbury Sampford, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0LF. 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 01006592. 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/ilchester-estates-dorchester-695091 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ilchester-estates-dorchester-695091.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.