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Volunteering Matters

London, Ms · Currently licensed

Volunteering Matters holds a Home Office sponsor licence and appears on the register of licensed sponsors published 27 Oct 2026. It can sponsor overseas nationals for the Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa), and its A rating means it can assign Certificates of Sponsorship normally.

First seen on register: 25 Apr 2024
Last confirmed: 27 Oct 2026 (latest edition)
Listing spells: 2 (removed and re-listed 1 time)

Visa routes this sponsor is licensed for

Route	Visa it allows the sponsor to support	Rating	Since
Skilled Worker Worker	Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa) The main UK work visa. Lets the sponsor employ overseas nationals in eligible skilled jobs, from nurses and care workers to engineers, chefs and software developers, for up to 5 years at a time, with a route to settlement.	A rating	4 Sep 2025

Previous route spans

Route	Visa	Rating	From	To
Charity Worker Temporary Worker	Charity Worker visa	A rating	25 Apr 2024	28 Aug 2024

Ratings: Full compliance. The sponsor can assign Certificates of Sponsorship and recruit from overseas normally. Downgraded after compliance concerns. The sponsor is on a time-limited action plan with the Home Office and cannot sponsor new workers until it is restored to an A rating. Failure to complete the plan leads to revocation. More.

Licence history

4 Sep 2025
Re-listed on register
Listed again after an absence, typically after a suspension was lifted or a new licence granted.
29 Aug 2024
Removed from register
No longer listed, so unable to sponsor new visas from this date. Last seen in the edition of 28 Aug 2024. The register does not state the reason.
25 Apr 2024
Added to register
First appeared on the register of licensed sponsors.

Companies House

Company: VOLUNTEERING MATTERS 01435877 matched
Status: Active
Type: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated: 10 Jul 1979
Registered office: THE LEVY CENTRE, 18 - 24 LOWER CLAPTON ROAD, LONDON, E5 0PD
Nature of business: 85320 - Technical and vocational secondary education
85410 - Post-secondary non-tertiary education
88990 - Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Matched from the Companies House monthly bulk data by company name and registered town. The sponsor register itself carries no company number.

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Other register entries with this name

Volunteering Matters, Birmingham (removed)

Entries are matched by organisation name and town as the Home Office publishes them. A sponsor that changes town, or is published with a different spelling, appears as a separate entry; confirmed renames are linked above. The register carries no licence number or company number. Verify against the official register before relying on this for a decision.