--- title: "Benslow Music Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/benslow-music-trust-hitchin-769197 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 --- # Benslow Music Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Benslow Music Trust (Companies House 00408404, Hitchin) 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 28 July 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: 28 July 2021 - Also known as: Benslow Music Enterprises; Benslow Music Instrument Loan Scheme - Industry: Education - Town: Hitchin - Registered address: Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9RB - Companies House number: 00408404 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00408404) - Website: http://www.benslowmusic.org - 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/benslow-music-trust-hitchin-769197 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 88 licensed sponsors in Hitchin: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hitchin - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - 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 25 October 2026, newest first: - 4 Jul 2026: Director resigned: GILLOTT, Timothy John. Director change recorded on 4 Jul 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. - 4 Jul 2026: Director resigned: TAYLOR, Michael Patrick. Director change recorded on 4 Jul 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. - 4 Jul 2026: New director appointed: O'HAGAN, Anthony Richard. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 4 Jul 2026: New director appointed: MURPHY, Jake. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 4 Jul 2026: New director appointed: MONKS, Claire Rachel. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 4 Jul 2026: New director appointed: MCKEOWN, Helen Louise. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 4 Jul 2026: New director appointed: LEHMANN, Paul Henri. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 4 Jul 2026: New director appointed: ALLDRED, Thomas James. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 25 Apr 2026: New secretary appointed: O'HAGAN, Anthony Richard. Company secretary change recorded on 25 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2026: Director resigned: ROBINSON, Gwen Owen. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Mar 2026: Secretary resigned: BOWEN, Charles Mark Llewellyn. Company secretary change recorded on 31 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. - 20 Jan 2026: Director resigned: KING, Norma. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 14 Sep 2024: New director appointed: SHEPPARD, Alan William. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Sep 2024: New director appointed: MONGIARDINO, Alessandra. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Sep 2024: New director appointed: MALAURE, Heidi Louise. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Sep 2024: New director appointed: FALCONER, Ellen Siobhan. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 29 Jun 2024: Director resigned: MEADEN, Philip Douglas. Director change recorded on 29 Jun 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 Jun 2024: Director resigned: BARUCH, Andrew Jan Daniel. Director change recorded on 29 Jun 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 Jun 2024: Director resigned: HAMILTON, Katherine Lucy, Dr. Director change recorded on 29 Jun 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 Jun 2024: Director resigned: NEVILLE, Peter Warwick, Cllr. Director change recorded on 29 Jun 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 Jun 2024: Director resigned: BLANKFIELD, Andrew Morris. Director change recorded on 29 Jun 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 Jun 2023: Director resigned: CLARK, Eileen Fiona. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 19 Nov 2022: New director appointed: MEADEN, Philip Douglas. Director change recorded on 19 Nov 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. - 16 Jul 2022: New director appointed: ROBINSON, Gwen Owen. Director change recorded on 16 Jul 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. - 16 Jul 2022: New director appointed: CLARK, Eileen Fiona. Director change recorded on 16 Jul 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. - + 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 Benslow Music Trust ### Is Benslow Music Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Benslow Music Trust in Hitchin 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 Benslow Music Trust sponsor? Benslow Music Trust is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Benslow Music Trust based? The register lists Benslow Music Trust at Benslow Music, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9RB. 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 00408404. 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/benslow-music-trust-hitchin-769197 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/benslow-music-trust-hitchin-769197.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.