--- title: "Smithfield Health & Social Care Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/smithfield-health-and-social-care-limited-kent-733412 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 --- # Smithfield Health & Social Care Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Smithfield Health & Social Care Limited (trading as Verilife; Companies House 07522706; Kent) 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 12 January 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: 12 January 2015 - Trading as: Verilife - Legal name: SMITHFIELD HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE LTD - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Kent - Registered address: 7 High Street, Farnborough Village, Kent, BR6 7BQ - Companies House number: 07522706 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07522706) - Website: https://www.verilife.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/smithfield-health-and-social-care-limited-kent-733412 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 393 licensed sponsors in Kent: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/kent - One of 17,780 in Healthcare: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/healthcare - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 5 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 19 May 2022: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 19 May 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. - 13 Oct 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 13 Oct 2020. 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. - 30 Jan 2017: New person with significant control: Stephen David Smith. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Jan 2017. 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 Jan 2017: New person with significant control: Petra Ann Prince. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Jan 2017. 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. - 1 Nov 2016: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Nov 2016. 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. 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 Smithfield Health & Social Care Limited ### Is Smithfield Health & Social Care Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Smithfield Health & Social Care Limited in Kent 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 Smithfield Health & Social Care Limited sponsor? Smithfield Health & Social Care Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Smithfield Health & Social Care Limited based? The register lists Smithfield Health & Social Care Limited at 7 High Street, Farnborough Village, Kent, BR6 7BQ. 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 07522706. 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/smithfield-health-and-social-care-limited-kent-733412 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/smithfield-health-and-social-care-limited-kent-733412.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.