--- title: "Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bishop-chadwick-catholic-education-trust-houghton-le-spring-799362 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 --- # Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust (Companies House 09940352, Houghton Le Spring) 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 5 July 2024 (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: 5 July 2024 - Also known as: English Martyr’s RC Primary School; Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School; Our Lady of the Rosary RC Primary School; St James RCVA Primary School; St Matthews Primary School; St Oswald’s RC Primary School; Sts Peter and Paul RC Primary school; Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School; St Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy - Industry: Education - Town: Houghton Le Spring - Registered address: Evolve Centre, Cygnet Way, Houghton Le Spring, England, DH4 5QY - Companies House number: 09940352 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09940352) - Website: https://www.st-gregorys.co.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/bishop-chadwick-catholic-education-trust-houghton-le-spring-799362 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 18 licensed sponsors in Houghton Le Spring: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/houghton-le-spring - 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 9 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 27 Jul 2026: Director resigned: EMMERSON, Claire Anne. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 22 Jul 2026: New director appointed: AHMED, Laura Christine. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 9 Jul 2026: Secretary resigned: PHIPPEN, Debra Margaret. Company secretary change recorded on 9 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. - 9 Jul 2026: New secretary appointed: HOPE, Madeleine. Company secretary change recorded on 9 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. - 18 Mar 2026: New director appointed: NEWBY, Kate. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 2 Dec 2025: New director appointed: HARROLD, Neil Andrew. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 2 Sep 2024: New director appointed: ROBSON, Brendan. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 19 Jul 2024: Director resigned: DIXON, Adrian, Rev. Director change recorded on 19 Jul 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. - 7 Jul 2024: Director resigned: SHANKS, Andrea Maria. Director change recorded on 7 Jul 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. 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 Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust ### Is Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust in Houghton Le Spring is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust sponsor? Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust based? The register lists Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust at Evolve Centre, Cygnet Way, Houghton Le Spring, England, DH4 5QY. 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 09940352. 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/bishop-chadwick-catholic-education-trust-houghton-le-spring-799362 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bishop-chadwick-catholic-education-trust-houghton-le-spring-799362.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.