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Stopford Limited

Knutsford, Cheshire · Currently licensed

Stopford Limited holds a Home Office sponsor licence and appears on the register of licensed sponsors published 26 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: 26 May 2022
Last confirmed: 26 Oct 2026 (latest edition)

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	26 May 2022

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

26 May 2022
Added to register
First appeared on the register of licensed sponsors.

Companies House

Company: STOPFORD LIMITED 01630328 matched
Status: Voluntary Arrangement
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 20 Apr 1982
Registered office: MERE HALL FARM BUSINESS CENTRE BUCKLOW HILL LANE, MERE, KNUTSFORD, WA16 6LE
Nature of business: 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities 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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