--- title: "Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/nicholas-james-care-homes-ltd-orpington-719266 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 --- # Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd (trading as Nicholas James and Regal Care Trading Limited; Companies House 04334712; Orpington) 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 - Trading as: Nicholas James and Regal Care Trading Limited - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Orpington - Registered address: 30 Station Road, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0SA - Companies House number: 04334712 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04334712) - Website: https://www.njch.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/nicholas-james-care-homes-ltd-orpington-719266 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 105 licensed sponsors in Orpington: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/orpington - 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 10 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 27 Jan 2021: New director appointed: BURNS, Alan James. Director change recorded on 27 Jan 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. - 27 Jan 2021: Director resigned: BURNS, Alan James. Director change recorded on 27 Jan 2021. 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. - 27 Jan 2021: New director appointed: THURLBY, Alexandra. Director change recorded on 27 Jan 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. - 4 Jan 2021: New director appointed: RAJAKANTHAN, Charles Nicholas, Dr. Director change recorded on 4 Jan 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. - 25 Mar 2019: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 25 Mar 2019. 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 May 2016: Notification of Mr Kanagaratnam Rajakanthan as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 May 2016. 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. - 29 Dec 2014: Director resigned: MANI, Sornalingam. Director change recorded on 29 Dec 2014. 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. - 5 Jun 2014: Company name changed, now trading as "NICHOLAS JAMES CARE HOMES LTD". Company name change recorded on 5 Jun 2014. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 21 May 2014: Director resigned: RAJAKANTHAN, Donata Christine. Director change recorded on 21 May 2014. 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 Feb 2014: Secretary resigned: RAJAKANTHAN, Donata Christine. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Feb 2014. 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 Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd ### Is Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd in Orpington 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 Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd sponsor? Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd based? The register lists Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd at 30 Station Road, Orpington, Kent, BR6 0SA. 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 04334712. 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/nicholas-james-care-homes-ltd-orpington-719266 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/nicholas-james-care-homes-ltd-orpington-719266.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.