--- title: "Smart-Cover Direct Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/smart-cover-direct-limited-watford-croxley-736909 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 --- # Smart-Cover Direct Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Smart-Cover Direct Limited (Companies House 08493961, Watford, Croxley) 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 28 October 2024 (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: 28 October 2024 - Also known as: Smart Cover; Smart Cover 247; Smart-Cover Insurance Services - Industry: Financial Services - Town: Watford, Croxley - Registered address: MASTER ACCOUNTING LIMITED, Ashley Court 32 Main Street, Ashley, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, LE16 8HF - Companies House number: 08493961 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08493961) - Website: https://smart-cover.co.uk/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smart-cover-direct/ - 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/smart-cover-direct-limited-watford-croxley-736909 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 7,429 in Financial Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/financial-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 2 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 12 Feb 2026: New director appointed: AHMED, Naveed. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 12 Feb 2026: New director appointed: VIJAYA CHANDRAN NAIR, Vivek. Director change recorded on 12 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. 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 Smart-Cover Direct Limited ### Is Smart-Cover Direct Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Smart-Cover Direct Limited in Watford, Croxley is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Smart-Cover Direct Limited sponsor? Smart-Cover Direct Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Smart-Cover Direct Limited based? The register lists Smart-Cover Direct Limited at MASTER ACCOUNTING LIMITED, Ashley Court 32 Main Street, Ashley, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, LE16 8HF. 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 08493961. 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/smart-cover-direct-limited-watford-croxley-736909 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/smart-cover-direct-limited-watford-croxley-736909.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.