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BDW Trading Limited (trading as Barratt London)

London · Currently licensed

BDW Trading Limited (trading as Barratt London) holds a Home Office sponsor licence and appears on the register of licensed sponsors published 29 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: 23 Jun 2021 (already licensed when daily CSV publication began; the licence may be older)
Last confirmed: 29 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	27 Feb 2023

Previous route spans

Route	Visa	Rating	From	To
Skilled Worker Worker	Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa)	A rating	23 Jun 2021	9 Feb 2023

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

27 Feb 2023
Re-listed on register
Listed again after an absence, typically after a suspension was lifted or a new licence granted.
13 Feb 2023
Removed from register
No longer listed, so unable to sponsor new visas from this date. Last seen in the edition of 9 Feb 2023. The register does not state the reason.

Companies House

Company: BDW TRADING LIMITED 03018173 name match (legal name before "t/a")
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 3 Feb 1995
Registered office: BARRATT HOUSE CARTWRIGHT WAY, FOREST BUSINESS PARK, BARDON HILL, COALVILLE, LE67 1UF
Nature of business: 41201 - Construction of commercial buildings

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

Be told when this licence changes

Watch BDW Trading Limited (trading as Barratt London) and get an email the day it is removed from the register, re-listed, downgraded to a B rating or renamed. Free for up to 3 sponsors, emailed the day it happens.

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.