--- title: "Aston Community Education Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/aston-community-education-trust-shirebrook-795638 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 --- # Aston Community Education Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Aston Community Education Trust (Companies House 07577113, Shirebrook) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 21 September 2022 (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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 21 September 2022 - Also known as: Aston Academy; Aughton Junior Academy; Brookfield Junior Academy; Langwith Bassett Junior Academy; Listerdale (Dalton) Junior Academy; Lowedges Junior Academy; Shirebrook Academy; Springwood Junior Academy; Swinton Academy; Templenormanton Junior Academy - Industry: Education - Town: Shirebrook - Registered address: Acet House 66 Holderness Drive, Aston, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, S26 2BH - Companies House number: 07577113 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07577113) - Website: https://www.astoncetrust.org - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aston-community-education-trust/ - 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/aston-community-education-trust-shirebrook-795638 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 25 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 13 Oct 2026: New director appointed: GHEE, Jack. Director change recorded on 13 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 10 Nov 2026. - 20 Jun 2026: New director appointed: FOTHERGILL, Danni. Director change recorded on 20 Jun 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. - 20 Jun 2026: New director appointed: PHILLIPS, Sharon. Director change recorded on 20 Jun 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. - 19 Jun 2026: Director resigned: BARTON, John. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 19 Jun 2026: Director resigned: FORD, Jane. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 19 Jun 2026: Director resigned: KINSELLA, Catharine. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 19 Jun 2026: Director resigned: BRICKLES, Andrew Paul. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 26 Jan 2026: Director resigned: PYPER, Jill. Director change recorded on 26 Jan 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. - 15 Dec 2025: New director appointed: BALL, Jacqueline Lindsay. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 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. - 15 Dec 2025: New director appointed: MAGADZIRE, Maxwell. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 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. - 28 Nov 2025: Director resigned: ROWE, Laura. Director change recorded on 28 Nov 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. - 13 Nov 2025: Director resigned: WHEATLEY, Sally. Director change recorded on 13 Nov 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. - 20 Oct 2025: New director appointed: ROWE, Laura. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2025: New director appointed: DILLON, Craig. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2025: New director appointed: HUNTON, Jude. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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 Aug 2025: New director appointed: BATE, Lawrence. Director change recorded on 26 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. - 16 Dec 2024: Director resigned: ROGERS, Helen Barbara. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 25 Mar 2024: New secretary appointed: BORRINGTON, Natalie. Company secretary change recorded on 25 Mar 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. - 1 Sep 2023: New director appointed: PYPER, Jill. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 2023. 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. - 1 Sep 2023: New director appointed: SPRACK, Sarah Jane. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 2023. 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 Mar 2023: Cessation of Miss Joanna Louise Dawson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Mar 2023. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 21 Mar 2023: Cessation of Mrs Jill Nichols as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Mar 2023. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 21 Mar 2023: Cessation of Mr James Peter Sharman as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Mar 2023. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 21 Mar 2023: Cessation of Mr John Barton as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Mar 2023. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 Mar 2023: Cessation of Mr Timothy James Baum-Dixon as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Mar 2023. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, 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 Aston Community Education Trust ### Is Aston Community Education Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Aston Community Education Trust in Shirebrook is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Aston Community Education Trust sponsor? Aston Community Education Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Aston Community Education Trust based? The register lists Aston Community Education Trust at Acet House 66 Holderness Drive, Aston, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, S26 2BH. 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 07577113. 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/aston-community-education-trust-shirebrook-795638 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/aston-community-education-trust-shirebrook-795638.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.