--- title: "Merit Care Limited: UK sponsor licence history" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/merit-care-limited-cheltenham-714709 register_status: ceased 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 --- # Merit Care Limited: UK sponsor licence history > As of 30 October 2026, Merit Care Limited (Companies House 09293300, Cheltenham) is not on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors: it was removed on 24 September 2026 and Companies House records the company as under a voluntary arrangement, having appeared on the register since 22 April 2024 with an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). A company that is closed or closing down cannot sponsor visa applications. ## Key facts - Register status: Ceased: removed from the register on 24 September 2026; Companies House records the company as voluntary-arrangement - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 22 April 2024 - Removed from the register: 24 September 2026 - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Cheltenham - Registered address: Unit 15a, Alstone Lane Trading Centre, Alstone Lane, Cheltenham, England, GL51 8HF - Companies House number: 09293300 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09293300) - Company status (Companies House): voluntary-arrangement - Website: https://www.meritcare.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/merit-care-limited-cheltenham-714709 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 276 licensed sponsors in Cheltenham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cheltenham - 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 1 change worth checking, checked 3 September 2026, newest first: - 3 Sep 2026: Company is under a voluntary arrangement at Companies House. Company status change recorded on 3 Sep 2026 (under a voluntary arrangement). If your organisation has stopped trading or become insolvent, this 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 Merit Care Limited ### Is Merit Care Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? No. Merit Care Limited in Cheltenham is no longer on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (removed on 24 September 2026), and Companies House shows the company has ceased trading. It cannot sponsor new visa applications. ### When did Merit Care Limited leave the sponsor register? Merit Care Limited left the register on 24 September 2026. Companies House shows the company was winding up or had ceased trading. GOV.UK gives no reason, so this does not establish why the licence ended. ### What visa routes can Merit Care Limited sponsor? Merit Care Limited was licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Merit Care Limited based? The register lists Merit Care Limited at Unit 15a, Alstone Lane Trading Centre, Alstone Lane, Cheltenham, England, GL51 8HF. 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 09293300. 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/merit-care-limited-cheltenham-714709 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/merit-care-limited-cheltenham-714709.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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