--- title: "Lancashire Hospitals Services Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lancashire-hospitals-services-limited-preston-708236 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 --- # Lancashire Hospitals Services Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Lancashire Hospitals Services Limited (trading as NHS England North West; Companies House 11499656; Preston) 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 22 July 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: 22 July 2024 - Trading as: NHS England North West - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Preston - Registered address: Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, United Kingdom, PR2 9HT - Companies House number: 11499656 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11499656) - Website: https://www.lancashirecare.nhs.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/lancashire-hospitals-services-limited-preston-708236 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 397 licensed sponsors in Preston: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/preston - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 2 Apr 2026: New director appointed: JONES, Paul. Director change recorded on 2 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2026: New director appointed: NICHOLLS, Silas David, Professor. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 29 Jan 2026: Director resigned: HAUXWELL, Sarah. Director change recorded on 29 Jan 2026. 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. - 9 May 2025: New director appointed: PATEL, Uzair. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 3 Apr 2025: New director appointed: HAUXWELL, Sarah. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 3 Apr 2025: New director appointed: PARR, Janet Nicola. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 3 Apr 2025: New director appointed: PATEL, Arif Abdul-Rehman. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 11 Feb 2025: Director resigned: CRORKEN, Victoria. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 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. - 13 Nov 2024: New director appointed: PRICE, Gareth. Director change recorded on 13 Nov 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. - 13 Nov 2024: New director appointed: FOOTE, Jennifer. Director change recorded on 13 Nov 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. - 12 Nov 2024: Director resigned: DOHERTY, Gary. Director change recorded on 12 Nov 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. - 12 Nov 2024: Director resigned: PEASE, Neil Alan. Director change recorded on 12 Nov 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. 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 Lancashire Hospitals Services Limited ### Is Lancashire Hospitals Services Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Lancashire Hospitals Services Limited in Preston 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 Lancashire Hospitals Services Limited sponsor? Lancashire Hospitals Services Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Lancashire Hospitals Services Limited based? The register lists Lancashire Hospitals Services Limited at Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, United Kingdom, PR2 9HT. 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 11499656. 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/lancashire-hospitals-services-limited-preston-708236 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lancashire-hospitals-services-limited-preston-708236.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.