--- title: "Welford Health Care Hampshire Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/welford-health-care-hampshire-limited-leicester-698390 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 --- # Welford Health Care Hampshire Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Welford Health Care Hampshire Limited (trading as BRAND Welford Healthcare; Companies House 15846991; Leicester) 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 30 January 2025 (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: 30 January 2025 - Trading as: BRAND Welford Healthcare - Legal name: WELFORD HEALTHCARE HAMPSHIRE LIMITED - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Leicester - Companies House number: 15846991 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15846991) - 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/welford-health-care-hampshire-limited-leicester-698390 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,415 licensed sponsors in Leicester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leicester - 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 30 October 2026, newest first: - 27 Mar 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 27 Mar 2026. 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. - 16 Mar 2026: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 16 Mar 2026. 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. - 17 Oct 2025: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 17 Oct 2025, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 6 Aug 2025: Notification of Wamm Investments Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Aug 2025. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 28 Jul 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 28 Jul 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. 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 Welford Health Care Hampshire Limited ### Is Welford Health Care Hampshire Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Welford Health Care Hampshire Limited in Leicester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Welford Health Care Hampshire Limited sponsor? Welford Health Care Hampshire Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Welford Health Care Hampshire Limited based? The register lists Welford Health Care Hampshire Limited at Leicester. 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 15846991. 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/welford-health-care-hampshire-limited-leicester-698390 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/welford-health-care-hampshire-limited-leicester-698390.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.