--- title: "Milkwood Care Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/milkwood-care-ltd-portsmouth-768682 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 --- # Milkwood Care Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Milkwood Care Ltd (Companies House 03729130, Portsmouth) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Also known as: Applewood; Braeburn Lodge; Castleford; Chatterwood; Ganarew; Milkwood House; The Lodge; The Mountains; The Orchard; Applewood Care Home - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Portsmouth - Registered address: Dylan House, 17 Bowen Lane, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4DR - Companies House number: 03729130 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03729130) - Website: https://milkwoodcare.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/milkwood-care-ltd-portsmouth-768682 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 254 licensed sponsors in Portsmouth: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/portsmouth - 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 21 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Sep 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 1 Sep 2026. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 21 Aug 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 21 Aug 2026. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Aug 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Aug 2026. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 14 Aug 2026: Notification of Quinton House Care Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 14 Aug 2026. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 14 Aug 2026: Cessation of Mrs Janet Lloyd-Leech as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 Aug 2026. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 14 Aug 2026: Cessation of Mr Robin Anthony Cheesman as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 Aug 2026. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 14 Aug 2026: Director resigned: LLOYD-LEECH, Janet. Director change recorded on 14 Aug 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. - 14 Aug 2026: Director resigned: CHEESMAN, Robin Anthony. Director change recorded on 14 Aug 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. - 14 Aug 2026: Director resigned: SEDDON, Graham Robert. Director change recorded on 14 Aug 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. - 14 Aug 2026: New director appointed: RAJA, Mohammad Asif, Dr. Director change recorded on 14 Aug 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. - 14 Aug 2026: New director appointed: RAJA, Farooq Javed. Director change recorded on 14 Aug 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 Sep 2023: New director appointed: MESSENBIRD, Yasmin May. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2023: New director appointed: HOOPER, Angela. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 31 Jul 2023: Director resigned: JEPP, Laurence Eric. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 21 Apr 2023: Director resigned: DOUGLAS, Grant Charles. Director change recorded on 21 Apr 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 Jul 2021: New director appointed: SEDDON, Graham Robert. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 2021. 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 Apr 2019: New director appointed: JEPP, Laurence Eric. Director change recorded on 5 Apr 2019. 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 Apr 2019: New director appointed: DOUGLAS, Grant Charles. Director change recorded on 5 Apr 2019. 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. - 24 Nov 2017: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 24 Nov 2017. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mrs Janet Lloyd-Leech. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Robin Anthony Cheesman. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, 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 Milkwood Care Ltd ### Is Milkwood Care Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Milkwood Care Ltd in Portsmouth is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Milkwood Care Ltd sponsor? Milkwood Care Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Milkwood Care Ltd based? The register lists Milkwood Care Ltd at Dylan House, 17 Bowen Lane, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4DR. 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 03729130. 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/milkwood-care-ltd-portsmouth-768682 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/milkwood-care-ltd-portsmouth-768682.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.