--- title: "South West Care Homes Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/south-west-care-homes-limited-plymouth-736384 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 --- # South West Care Homes Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, South West Care Homes Limited (trading as SWCH Ltd; Companies House 04283187; Plymouth) 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 8 November 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: 8 November 2021 - Trading as: SWCH Ltd - Also known as: Ashfield; Ashley House - Langport; Beechmount; Cambrian Lodge; Kenwyn; Lake View; Lavender Court Care Home; Manor Court; Manor House; Michaelstowe - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Plymouth - Registered address: Plymouth Science Park, 1 Davy Road, Derriford, Plymouth, England, PL6 8BX - Companies House number: 04283187 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04283187) - Website: https://southwestcarehomes.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/south-west-care-homes-limited-plymouth-736384 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 201 licensed sponsors in Plymouth: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/plymouth - 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 13 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Feb 2026: New director appointed: BEALE, Sharon Elaine. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 10 Feb 2026: New director appointed: BEALE, Alan Anthony. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 10 Nov 2025: Director resigned: BEALE, Sharon Elaine. Director change recorded on 10 Nov 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. - 10 Nov 2025: New director appointed: REEVES, Gavin John. Director change recorded on 10 Nov 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. - 25 Apr 2025: Director resigned: BEALE, Alan Anthony. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 6 Mar 2025: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 6 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. - 5 Nov 2024: Secretary resigned: BEALE, Sharon Elaine. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Nov 2024. 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. - 5 Nov 2024: New secretary appointed: REEVES, Gavin John. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Nov 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. - 1 Apr 2024: New director appointed: BEALE, Alan Anthony. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 13 Mar 2023: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 13 Mar 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. - 28 Feb 2023: Director resigned: BEALE, Alan Anthony. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 28 Feb 2023: New director appointed: WHITE, Richard Thomas. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2023. 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 Jan 2023: New director appointed: BEALE, Sharon Elaine. Director change recorded on 20 Jan 2023. 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 South West Care Homes Limited ### Is South West Care Homes Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. South West Care Homes Limited in Plymouth 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 South West Care Homes Limited sponsor? South West Care Homes Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is South West Care Homes Limited based? The register lists South West Care Homes Limited at Plymouth Science Park, 1 Davy Road, Derriford, Plymouth, England, PL6 8BX. 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 04283187. 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/south-west-care-homes-limited-plymouth-736384 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/south-west-care-homes-limited-plymouth-736384.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.