The register
The register lists The Steppes Care Limited in Stroud as a licensed sponsor on Skilled Worker, an entry that goes back to at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is The Steppes Care Limited (company number 04196577), a private limited company incorporated in 2001, 25 years ago. Registered office: The Steppes, Cossack Square, Nailsworth, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 0DB, GL6 0DB. By its SIC codes the business is in social care and care homes. It has traded under other names before, including Alexandra Care Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For The Steppes Care Limited the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.