--- title: "R Brown & K Jones Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/r-brown-and-k-jones-ltd-southport-727751 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 --- # R Brown & K Jones Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, R Brown & K Jones Ltd (trading as Avalon Care Home; Companies House 04895979; Southport) 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 11 September 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: 11 September 2023 - Trading as: Avalon Care Home - Also known as: K Jones and R Brown - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Southport - Registered address: 7 St. Petersgate, Stockport, England, SK1 1EB - Companies House number: 04895979 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04895979) - Website: http://avalon-care.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/r-brown-and-k-jones-ltd-southport-727751 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 66 licensed sponsors in Southport: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/southport - 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 6 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 9 Oct 2026: Notification of Mr Kenneth John Jones as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 9 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 6 Nov 2026. - 9 Oct 2026: Cessation of Mr Kenneth John Jones as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 9 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 6 Nov 2026. - 1 Sep 2026: Notification of Mrs Ann Louise Jones as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2026: Cessation of Mr Russell Brown as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2026: Director resigned: BROWN, Russell. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 8 Apr 2024: Secretary resigned: HALLIWELL, Ian William. Company secretary change recorded on 8 Apr 2024. 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 R Brown & K Jones Ltd ### Is R Brown & K Jones Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. R Brown & K Jones Ltd in Southport 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 R Brown & K Jones Ltd sponsor? R Brown & K Jones Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is R Brown & K Jones Ltd based? The register lists R Brown & K Jones Ltd at 7 St. Petersgate, Stockport, England, SK1 1EB. 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 04895979. 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/r-brown-and-k-jones-ltd-southport-727751 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/r-brown-and-k-jones-ltd-southport-727751.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.