--- title: "Lestone Veterinary Centre t/a The Vet Clinic: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lestone-veterinary-centre-t-a-the-vet-clinic-leighton-buzzard-778483 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 --- # Lestone Veterinary Centre t/a The Vet Clinic: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Lestone Veterinary Centre t/a The Vet Clinic (Companies House 08759849, Leighton Buzzard) 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 3 March 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: 3 March 2022 - Legal name: Lestone Veterinary Centre - Also known as: Icknield Veterinary Group Dunstable; Icknield Veterinary Group Harpenden; Icknield Veterinary Group Luton; Noahs Ark Vets - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Leighton Buzzard - Registered address: 83 Hockliffe Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, LU7 3FL - Companies House number: 08759849 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08759849) - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thercvs - 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/lestone-veterinary-centre-t-a-the-vet-clinic-leighton-buzzard-778483 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 57 licensed sponsors in Leighton Buzzard: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leighton-buzzard - 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 2 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 5 May 2026: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 5 May 2026. 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. - 16 Apr 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 Apr 2026. 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. 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 Lestone Veterinary Centre t/a The Vet Clinic ### Is Lestone Veterinary Centre t/a The Vet Clinic a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Lestone Veterinary Centre t/a The Vet Clinic in Leighton Buzzard 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 Lestone Veterinary Centre t/a The Vet Clinic sponsor? Lestone Veterinary Centre t/a The Vet Clinic is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Lestone Veterinary Centre t/a The Vet Clinic based? The register lists Lestone Veterinary Centre t/a The Vet Clinic at 83 Hockliffe Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, LU7 3FL. 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 08759849. 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/lestone-veterinary-centre-t-a-the-vet-clinic-leighton-buzzard-778483 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lestone-veterinary-centre-t-a-the-vet-clinic-leighton-buzzard-778483.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.