--- title: "Richard Place Dobson Services Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/richard-place-dobson-services-limited-crawley-742252 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 --- # Richard Place Dobson Services Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Richard Place Dobson Services Limited (Companies House 04681154, Crawley) 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 February 2025 (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 February 2025 - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Crawley - Registered address: Ground Floor, 1/7 Station Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1HT - Companies House number: 04681154 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04681154) - Website: https://www.placedobson.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/richard-place-dobson-services-limited-crawley-742252 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 231 licensed sponsors in Crawley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/crawley - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 13 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Oct 2026: Director resigned: HAYDEN, Philip Richard. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 21 Mar 2026: Share capital filing. Share filing recorded on 21 Mar 2026, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 20 Mar 2026: Class of shares re-designated. Share filing recorded on 20 Mar 2026, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 18 Mar 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 18 Mar 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. - 13 Mar 2026: Notification of Affinia Group Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 13 Mar 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. - 13 Mar 2026: Cessation of Philip Richard Hayden as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 Mar 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. - 13 Mar 2026: Cessation of Mr Matthew Ronald Tyson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 Mar 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. - 13 Mar 2026: Cessation of Mr Darren Michael Harding as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 Mar 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. - 13 Mar 2026: New director appointed: HARDEN, Robert John. Director change recorded on 13 Mar 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. - 13 Mar 2026: New director appointed: ANNIS, Christopher David. Director change recorded on 13 Mar 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. - 13 Mar 2026: New secretary appointed: MILLARD, Jake. Company secretary change recorded on 13 Mar 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. - 31 Oct 2025: Cessation of Mrs Helen Harding as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Oct 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. - 31 Oct 2025: Cessation of Mrs Cheryl Tyson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Oct 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. 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 Richard Place Dobson Services Limited ### Is Richard Place Dobson Services Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Richard Place Dobson Services Limited in Crawley is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Richard Place Dobson Services Limited sponsor? Richard Place Dobson Services Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Richard Place Dobson Services Limited based? The register lists Richard Place Dobson Services Limited at Ground Floor, 1/7 Station Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1HT. 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 04681154. 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/richard-place-dobson-services-limited-crawley-742252 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/richard-place-dobson-services-limited-crawley-742252.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.