--- title: "Services Design Associates Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/services-design-associates-limited-sheffield-759019 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 --- # Services Design Associates Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Services Design Associates Limited (trading as SDS Survey Design Services; Companies House 02280509; Sheffield) 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 24 August 2015 (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: 24 August 2015 - Trading as: SDS Survey Design Services - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: Sheffield - Registered address: Unit 1 Acres Hill Business Park, Acres Hill Lane, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, S9 4LR - Companies House number: 02280509 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02280509) - Website: https://www.surveydesignservices.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/services-design-associates-limited-sheffield-759019 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 695 licensed sponsors in Sheffield: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/sheffield - One of 10,203 in Property & Construction: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/property-construction - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 27 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 9 Apr 2024: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Apr 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. - 12 Dec 2023: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 12 Dec 2023. 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. - 3 Apr 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 3 Apr 2023. 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. - 15 Feb 2023: Treasury shares cancelled. Share capital filing recorded on 15 Feb 2023. 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. - 3 Feb 2023: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 3 Feb 2023. 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. - 23 Aug 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 23 Aug 2022. 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. - 14 Feb 2022: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 14 Feb 2022. 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. - 31 Jan 2022: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 31 Jan 2022. 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. - 15 Feb 2021: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share filing recorded on 15 Feb 2021, 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. - 27 Jan 2021: Class of shares re-designated. Share filing recorded on 27 Jan 2021, 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. - 7 Jan 2021: New person with significant control: Mrs Karen Elizabeth Hoyes. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Jan 2021. 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. - 7 Jan 2021: Cessation of Mrs Karen Elizabeth Hoyes as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Jan 2021. 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. - 7 Jan 2021: Notification of Mr Paul Andrew Hoyes as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 7 Jan 2021. 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. - 7 Jan 2021: Cessation of Mr Paul Andrew Hoyes as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Jan 2021. 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. - 17 Nov 2020: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 17 Nov 2020, 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. - 1 Aug 2020: New director appointed: SMITH, Matthew Paul. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 2020. 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 Aug 2020: New secretary appointed: HOYES, Karen Elizabeth. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Aug 2020. 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. - 20 Dec 2019: Director resigned: PAGE, Duncan Ewan. Director change recorded on 20 Dec 2019. 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 Dec 2018: Treasury shares sold. Share capital filing recorded on 14 Dec 2018. 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. - 29 Nov 2018: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 29 Nov 2018. 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. - 26 Oct 2018: Cessation of Mr Robert Manning as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 26 Oct 2018. 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. - 26 Oct 2018: Director resigned: MANNING, Robert. Director change recorded on 26 Oct 2018. 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. - 26 Oct 2018: Secretary resigned: MANNING, Oi Mun. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Oct 2018. 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 Aug 2018: New director appointed: PAGE, Duncan Ewan. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 2018. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Paul Andrew Hoyes. 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. - + 2 earlier changes on the web page 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 Services Design Associates Limited ### Is Services Design Associates Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Services Design Associates Limited in Sheffield is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Services Design Associates Limited sponsor? Services Design Associates Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Services Design Associates Limited based? The register lists Services Design Associates Limited at Unit 1 Acres Hill Business Park, Acres Hill Lane, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, S9 4LR. 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 02280509. 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/services-design-associates-limited-sheffield-759019 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/services-design-associates-limited-sheffield-759019.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.