--- title: "Shepherd Neame Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/shepherd-neame-limited-faversham-735060 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 --- # Shepherd Neame Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Shepherd Neame Limited (Companies House 00138256, Faversham) 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 18 August 2021 (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: 18 August 2021 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Faversham - Registered address: 17 Court Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7AX - Companies House number: 00138256 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00138256) - Website: https://www.shepherdneame.co.uk/contact-us - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shepherd-neame-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/shepherd-neame-limited-faversham-735060 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 23 licensed sponsors in Faversham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/faversham - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - 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 1 November 2026, newest first: - 22 Jul 2026: New director appointed: TURNER, Graham. Director change recorded on 22 Jul 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. - 1 Dec 2025: Secretary resigned: FLANAGAN, Mary Ann Glenda. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 1 Dec 2025: New secretary appointed: RALPH, Peter David. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 17 Apr 2025: Director resigned: SWAINE, Jonathon David. Director change recorded on 17 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2025: New director appointed: LUSTMAN, Margaret Eve. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2025: New director appointed: SEARS, Marion Jane. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2025: Director resigned: GEORGEL, Kevin Roger. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2025: Director resigned: RIVA, Hilary Susan. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 13 Mar 2025: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 13 Mar 2025. 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 Mar 2025: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 3 Mar 2025. 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. - 18 Feb 2025: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 18 Feb 2025. 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. - 8 Jan 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 8 Jan 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. - 28 Jun 2022: New director appointed: SWAINE, Jonathon David. Director change recorded on 28 Jun 2022. 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. 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 Shepherd Neame Limited ### Is Shepherd Neame Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Shepherd Neame Limited in Faversham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Shepherd Neame Limited sponsor? Shepherd Neame Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Shepherd Neame Limited based? The register lists Shepherd Neame Limited at 17 Court Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7AX. 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 00138256. 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/shepherd-neame-limited-faversham-735060 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/shepherd-neame-limited-faversham-735060.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.