Southcroft: How One SOC Code Destroyed a Care Empire

Southcroft Healthcare Lodge ran 16 care homes across nine London boroughs, employed over 100 sponsored workers, and turned over £5 million a year. Then the Home Office came knocking. A single misassigned SOC code — 6145 instead of the correct classification — applied to 97 Certificates of Sponsorship triggered mandatory revocation. The High Court called sponsorship a "fragile gift". This is the story of how it shattered.

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