We finally (After double the priority period) got a response back from the Home Office, and unfortunately it was a refusal!
Text follows:
We have identified the following discrepancies between the above specified requirements
and the evidence you have submitted:
The CT600 you have submitted is covering 08/01/2018- 30/09/2018 – not 12
months as needed. Subsequently the bank statements, personal bank statements
and unaudited accounts are also not covering the necessary 12 months;
For point (vii) you have submitted land registry documents and VAT returns for the
quarters 01/05/2018- 31/07/2018 and 02/02/218- 30/04/2018 but unfortunately the
land registry document submitted is in your sponsors name jointly with (REDACTED) and open source checks show that this looks like a residential property on
a rural street not business premises and the VAT returns do not cover an entire
financial year therefore you have not met the requirement.
These are specified documents and they must be provided. Given the quantity of
documents missing from your application I have deemed that it is not appropriate to apply
evidential flexibility.
You have therefore failed to provide the required documents relating to your sponsor’s
employment. These documents are specified in the Immigration Rules in Appendix FM-
SE and must be provided. I therefore refuse your application under paragraph EC-
P.1.1(d) of Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules. (E-ECP.3.1).
Now, the CT600 submitted (As I'm self employed) covered the whole financial year for my *business*, as the business only opened January of last year and I accelerated the End-of-Year to be able to produce it. As for the second point, they've misread it entirely because *my* name isn't on there at all, it's my father's property that I have permission to use as a business address - and 99% of limited companies operate from residential addresses, so they're just flat wrong on that point.
I'm talking to a lawyer on Monday about filing an appeal, so I'll let you know how that goes
