--- title: "Bernard Leach (St. Ives) Trust Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bernard-leach-st-ives-trust-ltd-st-ives-724349 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 --- # Bernard Leach (St. Ives) Trust Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Bernard Leach (St. Ives) Trust Ltd (trading as The Leach Pottery; St. Ives) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Charity Worker, Creative Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Charity Worker; Creative Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: The Leach Pottery - Legal name: BERNARD LEACH (ST IVES) TRUST LIMITED - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: St. Ives - Companies House number: 05372378 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05372378) - Website: https://www.leachpottery.com - 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/bernard-leach-st-ives-trust-ltd-st-ives-724349 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 39 licensed sponsors in St Ives: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/st-ives - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,531 Charity Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-charity ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 52 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 19 May 2026: Director resigned: HARRISON, Simon David. Director change recorded on 19 May 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: TRUDGEON, Callum Michael. 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. - 22 Sep 2025: Director resigned: STEER, Erica Susan. Director change recorded on 22 Sep 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. - 23 Sep 2024: New director appointed: HARRISON, Simon David. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Sep 2024: New director appointed: RAMSAY-TREASE, Nicola Ann. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Sep 2024: New director appointed: GOODBAND, Lara Melanie. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Sep 2024: New director appointed: WHITTELL, Matthew James. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Sep 2024: New director appointed: SMITH, Tamzyn Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 6 Sep 2024: Director resigned: STUART, Sheila Barri. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 28 Jun 2024: Director resigned: THIRUNARAYAN, Vidya. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 12 Sep 2022: Director resigned: DEVEREUX, Zara Karenza. Director change recorded on 12 Sep 2022. 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 Sep 2022: Director resigned: SUTHERLAND, Jane Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 12 Sep 2022. 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 2021: Director resigned: ROBINS, Bryony Anne. Director change recorded on 9 Dec 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. - 24 Jun 2021: New director appointed: STUART, Sheila Barri. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2021: New director appointed: THIRUNARAYAN, Vidya. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2021: Director resigned: TREGGIDEN, Kathryn Jane. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2021: New director appointed: POPE, Susan Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2021: New director appointed: BALCH, Christopher. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2021: New director appointed: EWING-JAMES, Rhiannon Sarah. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2021: New director appointed: DEFABO, Julia Lynn. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 10 Sep 2020: Director resigned: BASSETT, Samuel Edward. Director change recorded on 10 Sep 2020. 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. - 10 Sep 2020: Director resigned: MAHON, Kieran Michael James. Director change recorded on 10 Sep 2020. 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 Apr 2020: Director resigned: GRIFFIN, David Piers. Director change recorded on 22 Apr 2020. 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 Sep 2019: Director resigned: KILBY, Michael John. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 10 Sep 2018: New director appointed: STEER, Erica Susan. Director change recorded on 10 Sep 2018. 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 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 Bernard Leach (St. Ives) Trust Ltd ### Is Bernard Leach (St. Ives) Trust Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Bernard Leach (St. Ives) Trust Ltd in St. Ives is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Bernard Leach (St. Ives) Trust Ltd sponsor? Bernard Leach (St. Ives) Trust Ltd is licensed for Charity Worker, Creative Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Bernard Leach (St. Ives) Trust Ltd based? The register lists Bernard Leach (St. Ives) Trust Ltd at St. Ives. 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. 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/bernard-leach-st-ives-trust-ltd-st-ives-724349 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bernard-leach-st-ives-trust-ltd-st-ives-724349.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.