--- title: "The Cottage Family Centre: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-cottage-family-centre-kirkcaldy-767597 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 --- # The Cottage Family Centre: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Cottage Family Centre (Companies House SC271291, Kirkcaldy) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Charity Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 6 February 2023 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Charity Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 6 February 2023 - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Kirkcaldy - Registered address: 29/31 Cawdor Crescent, Kirkcaldy, KY2 6LH - Companies House number: SC271291 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC271291) - Website: https://www.thecottagefamilycentre.org.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/4565393 - 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/the-cottage-family-centre-kirkcaldy-767597 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 49 licensed sponsors in Kirkcaldy: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/kirkcaldy - One of 17,780 in Healthcare: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/healthcare - Among 1,531 Charity Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-charity ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 4 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 2 Mar 2026: New director appointed: MCARTHUR, Margaret. Director change recorded on 2 Mar 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: BRIDLE, Robert William. 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. - 20 Apr 2023: Director resigned: BROWN, Wilma. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 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. - 4 Apr 2023: New director appointed: BRIDLE, Robert William. Director change recorded on 4 Apr 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 The Cottage Family Centre ### Is The Cottage Family Centre a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Cottage Family Centre in Kirkcaldy is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Cottage Family Centre sponsor? The Cottage Family Centre is licensed for Charity Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Cottage Family Centre based? The register lists The Cottage Family Centre at 29/31 Cawdor Crescent, Kirkcaldy, KY2 6LH. 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 SC271291. 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/the-cottage-family-centre-kirkcaldy-767597 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-cottage-family-centre-kirkcaldy-767597.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.