--- title: "Shear Design Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/shear-design-limited-cardiff-777348 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 --- # Shear Design Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Shear Design Limited (Companies House 05262666, Cardiff) 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 1 July 2019 (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: 1 July 2019 - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Cardiff - Registered address: Fabri House, 7 Ashtree Court Woodsy Close, Cardiff Gate Business Park,, Cardiff, South Wales, CF23 8RW - Companies House number: 05262666 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05262666) - Website: http://www.shear-design.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shear-design-ltd/ - 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/shear-design-limited-cardiff-777348 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 623 licensed sponsors in Cardiff: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cardiff - 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 15 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Feb 2026: New director appointed: HAYTON, Billy George. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 27 Feb 2024: New director appointed: BADHAM, Lianne. Director change recorded on 27 Feb 2024. 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. - 30 Nov 2023: Notification of Caldylell Design Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 30 Nov 2023. 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. - 30 Nov 2023: Cessation of Mr Anthony John Spencer as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Nov 2023. 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. - 30 Nov 2023: Cessation of Miss Kimberley Anne Lane as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Nov 2023. 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. - 30 Nov 2023: Director resigned: SPENCER, Anthony John. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 2023. 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. - 30 Nov 2023: Director resigned: LANE, Kimberley Anne. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 2023. 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. - 7 May 2021: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 7 May 2021. 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. - 4 May 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 May 2021. 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. - 30 Apr 2021: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 30 Apr 2021. 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. - 16 Apr 2021: Cessation of Mr Simon John Mason as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Apr 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. - 16 Apr 2021: Director resigned: MASON, Simon John. Director change recorded on 16 Apr 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. - 7 Oct 2019: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Oct 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. - 31 Aug 2019: Cessation of Mr Matthew Anthony Jessop as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Aug 2019. 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 Aug 2019: Director resigned: JESSOP, Matthew Anthony. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. 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 Shear Design Limited ### Is Shear Design Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Shear Design Limited in Cardiff is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Shear Design Limited sponsor? Shear Design Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Shear Design Limited based? The register lists Shear Design Limited at Fabri House, 7 Ashtree Court Woodsy Close, Cardiff Gate Business Park,, Cardiff, South Wales, CF23 8RW. 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 05262666. 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/shear-design-limited-cardiff-777348 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/shear-design-limited-cardiff-777348.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.