--- title: "Alexander Whitley Dance Company: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/alexander-whitley-dance-company-ipswich-791882 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 --- # Alexander Whitley Dance Company: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Alexander Whitley Dance Company (Companies House 08773567, Ipswich) 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 4 August 2017 (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: 4 August 2017 - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Ipswich - Registered address: Jerwood Dancehouse, Foundry Lane, Ipswich, England, IP4 1DW - Companies House number: 08773567 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08773567) - Website: https://www.alexanderwhitley.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alexander-whitley-dance-company/ - 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/alexander-whitley-dance-company-ipswich-791882 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 228 licensed sponsors in Ipswich: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/ipswich - 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 27 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 9 Dec 2025: Director resigned: WHITLEY, Alexander Marris. Director change recorded on 9 Dec 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. - 9 Dec 2025: Director resigned: RIPERT, David Clément. Director change recorded on 9 Dec 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. - 5 Mar 2025: Director resigned: SUGHRUE, Cynthia Marie, Dr. Director change recorded on 5 Mar 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. - 21 Feb 2025: Director resigned: UCHIDA, Florence Yumi. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 12 Dec 2024: Director resigned: BERTRAND-DELFRAU, Bruno. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 9 Dec 2024: Director resigned: SHAFRANIK, Denis. Director change recorded on 9 Dec 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. - 24 Sep 2024: New director appointed: RAMACHANDRA, Mahesh. Director change recorded on 24 Sep 2024. 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 Sep 2024: Director resigned: STROUDE, Kade Francis. Director change recorded on 17 Sep 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. - 18 Jun 2024: New director appointed: BERTRAND-DELFRAU, Bruno. Director change recorded on 18 Jun 2024. 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 Jun 2024: New director appointed: ALEXANDER, Hope Grace. Director change recorded on 18 Jun 2024. 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 Jun 2024: New director appointed: COFFEY, Toby. Director change recorded on 18 Jun 2024. 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. - 16 Apr 2024: Director resigned: RAY, Kaushik. Director change recorded on 16 Apr 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. - 29 Mar 2023: Director resigned: ANDRAOS, Margaret Helen. Director change recorded on 29 Mar 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. - 29 Mar 2023: Director resigned: MCNORTON, Joshua. Director change recorded on 29 Mar 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. - 28 Mar 2023: Director resigned: ROWE, Anna Frances. Director change recorded on 28 Mar 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. - 12 Dec 2022: New director appointed: RIPERT, David Clément. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 27 Sep 2022: New director appointed: MCFARLAND, Emma Ruth. Director change recorded on 27 Sep 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. - 14 Sep 2021: New director appointed: STROUDE, Kade Francis. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 2021. 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 May 2020: New director appointed: ROWE, Anna Frances. Director change recorded on 26 May 2020. 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. - 21 Jan 2020: New director appointed: RAY, Kaushik. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 2020. 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. - 5 Sep 2019: Secretary resigned: WHITLEY, Eleanor. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Sep 2019. 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. - 8 Apr 2019: Director resigned: PRECIOUS, Melanie. Director change recorded on 8 Apr 2019. 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. - 22 Feb 2019: New director appointed: MCNORTON, Joshua. Director change recorded on 22 Feb 2019. 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. - 5 Feb 2019: New director appointed: HIGHAM, Thomas Charles Edward. Director change recorded on 5 Feb 2019. 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 2019: New director appointed: UCHIDA, Florence Yumi. Director change recorded on 4 Feb 2019. 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. - + 2 earlier changes on the web page 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 Alexander Whitley Dance Company ### Is Alexander Whitley Dance Company a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Alexander Whitley Dance Company in Ipswich is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Alexander Whitley Dance Company sponsor? Alexander Whitley Dance Company is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Alexander Whitley Dance Company based? The register lists Alexander Whitley Dance Company at Jerwood Dancehouse, Foundry Lane, Ipswich, England, IP4 1DW. 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 08773567. 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/alexander-whitley-dance-company-ipswich-791882 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/alexander-whitley-dance-company-ipswich-791882.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.