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Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from Preston, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageWalter Carefoot & Sons (Transport) Ltd is a private limited company (Companies House number 00889664), incorporated in October 1966, with its registered office in Preston. Companies House lists its business as freight transport by road. It is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route with an A rating. It was first seen on the register in January 2023. Our copies of the register start then, so it may have been listed earlier.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 22 Oct 2026.
First seen on the register in January 2023. Our copies of the register start then, so it may have been listed earlier. No changes to its licence since then.
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Yes. Walter Carefoot & Sons (Transport) Ltd is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker route. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists Walter Carefoot & Sons (Transport) Ltd for one route: Skilled Worker (A rating).
Walter Carefoot & Sons (Transport) Ltd was first seen on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors in January 2023. Our copies of the register start then, so it may have been listed earlier.
Walter Carefoot & Sons (Transport) Ltd is registered with Companies House under company number 00889664, with its registered office in Preston.
The register lists Walter Carefoot & Sons (Transport) Ltd with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Companies House lists Walter Carefoot & Sons (Transport) Ltd under freight transport by road.
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6 other licensed sponsors in Preston have the same industry code: freight transport by road (49410).