--- title: "McKeever Hotels: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mckeever-hotels-newtownabbey-780277 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 --- # McKeever Hotels: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, McKeever Hotels (trading as McKeever Hotel Group; Companies House NI047589; Newtownabbey) 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 24 May 2023 (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: 24 May 2023 - Trading as: McKeever Hotel Group - Legal name: MCKEEVER HOTELS LTD - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Newtownabbey - Registered address: 315 Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey, County Antrim, BT36 4TQ - Companies House number: NI047589 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI047589) - Website: https://www.mckeeverhotels.com/ - 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/mckeever-hotels-newtownabbey-780277 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 35 licensed sponsors in Newtownabbey: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/newtownabbey - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 6 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Oct 2025: New director appointed: WALTON, Victora. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 1 Oct 2025: Director resigned: WALTON, Victora. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 1 Aug 2025: New director appointed: WALTON, Victoria. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 13 Oct 2023: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 13 Oct 2023. 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. - 1 Oct 2023: Secretary resigned: MCKEEVER, Catherine Josephine. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Oct 2023. 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. - 1 Oct 2023: New secretary appointed: KEELEY, Bridgene Maria. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Oct 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. 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 McKeever Hotels ### Is McKeever Hotels a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. McKeever Hotels in Newtownabbey is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can McKeever Hotels sponsor? McKeever Hotels is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is McKeever Hotels based? The register lists McKeever Hotels at 315 Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey, County Antrim, BT36 4TQ. 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 NI047589. 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/mckeever-hotels-newtownabbey-780277 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mckeever-hotels-newtownabbey-780277.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.