--- title: "Beamish Museum: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/beamish-museum-stanley-763786 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 --- # Beamish Museum: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Beamish Museum (Companies House 05751540, Stanley) 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 9 April 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 9 April 2021 - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: STANLEY - Registered address: Regional Resource Centre, Beamish, County Durham, DH9 0RG - Companies House number: 05751540 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05751540) - Website: https://www.beamish.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/beamish-museum-stanley-763786 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 19 licensed sponsors in Stanley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/stanley - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 55 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 5 Oct 2026: Director resigned: CHIU, Sze Wai, Dr. Director change recorded on 5 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 2 Nov 2026. - 1 Jul 2026: New secretary appointed: WILKINSON, Lisa. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 30 Jun 2026: Secretary resigned: WHARTON, Fiona. Company secretary change recorded on 30 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. - 24 Mar 2026: New director appointed: ALLISON, Karen, Cllr. Director change recorded on 24 Mar 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. - 16 Mar 2026: Director resigned: STRATFORD, Bridget Lara. Director change recorded on 16 Mar 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. - 3 Feb 2026: Director resigned: SCOTT, Elizabeth Elton. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 20 Oct 2025: Director resigned: ALEXANDER, David Stewart. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 17 Jun 2025: New secretary appointed: WHARTON, Fiona. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Jun 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. - 17 Jun 2025: Secretary resigned: WADE, Lana Elizabeth. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Jun 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. - 17 Jun 2025: Director resigned: THOMAS, Ian Michael. Director change recorded on 17 Jun 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. - 3 Apr 2025: Director resigned: LENNON, Rachael Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 3 Apr 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. - 18 Mar 2025: New director appointed: CHIU, Sze Wai, Dr. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 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 Mar 2025: Director resigned: KING, Stephen. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 18 Mar 2025: New director appointed: BALDRY, Ryan. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 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 Mar 2025: New director appointed: MELVILLE, Louise Averill. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 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 Mar 2025: New director appointed: MORLAND, Peter. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 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 Mar 2025: New director appointed: SOWERBY, Fletcher. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 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 Feb 2025: New secretary appointed: WADE, Lana Elizabeth. Company secretary change recorded on 28 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. - 28 Feb 2025: Secretary resigned: PEMBERTON, Mark. Company secretary change recorded on 28 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. - 1 May 2023: New secretary appointed: PEMBERTON, Mark. Company secretary change recorded on 1 May 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. - 30 Apr 2023: Secretary resigned: KING, Stephen. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 1 Mar 2023: New director appointed: STRATFORD, Bridget Lara. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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 Mar 2023: New director appointed: SCOTT, Elizabeth Elton. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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 Mar 2023: New director appointed: ALEXANDER, David Stewart. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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 Mar 2023: New director appointed: THOMAS, Ian Michael. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - + 30 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 Beamish Museum ### Is Beamish Museum a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Beamish Museum in STANLEY 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 Beamish Museum sponsor? Beamish Museum is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Beamish Museum based? The register lists Beamish Museum at Regional Resource Centre, Beamish, County Durham, DH9 0RG. 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 05751540. 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/beamish-museum-stanley-763786 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/beamish-museum-stanley-763786.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.