--- title: "Positive Care And Support Limited: UK sponsor licence history" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/positive-care-and-support-limited-bishop-auckland-725438 register_status: removed 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 --- # Positive Care And Support Limited: UK sponsor licence history > As of 30 October 2026, Positive Care And Support Limited (trading as Swanton Care and Community; Companies House 13386826; Bishop Auckland) is not on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors: it was removed on 4 August 2026, having appeared on the register since 13 June 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). It cannot sponsor new visa applications while off the register. GOV.UK does not publish why a sponsor leaves, so it was not necessarily revoked. ## Key facts - Register status: Removed: no longer on the register since 4 August 2026. GOV.UK does not publish why a sponsor leaves - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 13 June 2024 - Removed from the register: 4 August 2026 - Trading as: Swanton Care and Community - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Bishop Auckland - Registered address: Suite One The Old Court House, Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6FQ - Companies House number: 13386826 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13386826) - Company status (Companies House): active - 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/positive-care-and-support-limited-bishop-auckland-725438 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 24 licensed sponsors in Bishop Auckland: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bishop-auckland - 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 15 changes worth checking, checked 29 July 2026, newest first: - 27 Nov 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 27 Nov 2025. 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. - 25 Nov 2025: Notification of Swanton Care And Community Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 25 Nov 2025. 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. - 25 Nov 2025: Cessation of Mr Christopher Stuart Tague as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Nov 2025. 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. - 25 Nov 2025: Cessation of Mrs Lynda Collis as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Nov 2025. 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. - 25 Nov 2025: Director resigned: COLLIS, Lynda. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 25 Nov 2025: Director resigned: WARD, Patricia. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 25 Nov 2025: Director resigned: TAGUE, Christopher Stuart. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 25 Nov 2025: New director appointed: BAKER, Graham. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 25 Nov 2025: New director appointed: SHAH, Sahil. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 25 Nov 2025: New director appointed: GRAY, Samuel James Caiger. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 25 Nov 2025: New director appointed: PORTER, Ford David. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 25 Nov 2025: New director appointed: BAKER, Julianne. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 25 Nov 2025: New director appointed: THOMPSON, Gary. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 15 Nov 2024: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 15 Nov 2024. 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. - 6 Oct 2024: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 6 Oct 2024. 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 Positive Care And Support Limited ### Is Positive Care And Support Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? No. Positive Care And Support Limited in Bishop Auckland was removed from the Home Office register of licensed sponsors on 4 August 2026 and cannot sponsor new visa applications. Companies House does not confirm that the company has closed. ### When did Positive Care And Support Limited leave the sponsor register? Positive Care And Support Limited no longer appears on the register, having been listed until 4 August 2026. GOV.UK does not publish why a sponsor leaves: the licence may have been revoked, surrendered, replaced after an ownership change, or lapsed. If your visa is sponsored by this employer, contact them and get immigration advice. If a licence has been revoked, workers usually get 60 days to find a new sponsor. ### What visa routes can Positive Care And Support Limited sponsor? Positive Care And Support Limited was licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Positive Care And Support Limited based? The register lists Positive Care And Support Limited at Suite One The Old Court House, Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6FQ. 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 13386826. 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/positive-care-and-support-limited-bishop-auckland-725438 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/positive-care-and-support-limited-bishop-auckland-725438.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.