--- title: "Activate Performing Arts: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/activate-performing-arts-dorchester-789852 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Activate Performing Arts: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Activate Performing Arts (Companies House 03439777, Dorchester) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Creative Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 14 June 2021 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker - First seen on the register: 14 June 2021 - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Dorchester - Registered address: 7-9 The Little Keep, Barrack Road, Dorchester, England, DT1 1SQ - Companies House number: 03439777 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03439777) - Website: https://activateperformingarts.org.uk - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/activate-performing-arts-dorchester-789852 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 50 licensed sponsors in Dorchester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/dorchester - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 11 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 19 May 2026: New director appointed: COX, Daniel Lee. Director change recorded on 19 May 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 4 Feb 2026: Director resigned: OLIVER, Mary Lyon. Director change recorded on 4 Feb 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 18 Aug 2025: New director appointed: BELL, Timothy Michael Edward. Director change recorded on 18 Aug 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 18 Aug 2025: New director appointed: CHISHOLM, Susannah. Director change recorded on 18 Aug 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Feb 2025: Director resigned: NOONAN, Michael Gerard. Director change recorded on 19 Feb 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Feb 2025: Director resigned: GIFFORD, Polly Anna. Director change recorded on 19 Feb 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Feb 2025: New director appointed: WILSON, Peter John. Director change recorded on 19 Feb 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Nov 2024: Director resigned: METCALFE, Ian Michael. Director change recorded on 26 Nov 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 20 Feb 2023: Director resigned: CLARKE, Thomas William Wheatley. Director change recorded on 20 Feb 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 23 Feb 2022: New director appointed: GOTOBED, Rohan Daniel. Director change recorded on 23 Feb 2022. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 Nov 2021: Director resigned: RIGLER, Jane Susan. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 2021. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about Activate Performing Arts ### Is Activate Performing Arts a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Activate Performing Arts in Dorchester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Activate Performing Arts sponsor? Activate Performing Arts is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Activate Performing Arts based? The register lists Activate Performing Arts at 7-9 The Little Keep, Barrack Road, Dorchester, England, DT1 1SQ. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 03439777. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/activate-performing-arts-dorchester-789852 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/activate-performing-arts-dorchester-789852.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.