--- title: "Books To Africa International: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/books-to-africa-international-canterbury-800103 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 --- # Books To Africa International: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Books To Africa International (trading as Books2Africa; Companies House 08528635; Canterbury) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Charity Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 29 January 2017 (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: Charity Worker - First seen on the register: 29 January 2017 - Trading as: Books2Africa - Also known as: BOOKS TO AFRICA OR BTA - Industry: Education - Town: Canterbury - Registered address: Unit 2 Barton Business Park,, New Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, England, CT1 3AA - Companies House number: 08528635 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08528635) - Website: https://books2africa.org - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/books2africa - 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/books-to-africa-international-canterbury-800103 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 138 licensed sponsors in Canterbury: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/canterbury - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - 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 4 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 28 Feb 2017: Secretary resigned: KASULE, David. Company secretary change recorded on 28 Feb 2017. 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 Feb 2017: Director resigned: SANGO, Tonson John, Dr. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2017. 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 Feb 2017: Director resigned: SANGO, Precious Nonye. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2017. 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 Feb 2017: Corporate-director resigned: BOOKS TO AFRICA GLOBAL ALLIANCE LIMITED. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2017. 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 Books To Africa International ### Is Books To Africa International a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Books To Africa International in Canterbury is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Books To Africa International sponsor? Books To Africa International is licensed for Charity Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Books To Africa International based? The register lists Books To Africa International at Unit 2 Barton Business Park,, New Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, England, CT1 3AA. 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 08528635. 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/books-to-africa-international-canterbury-800103 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/books-to-africa-international-canterbury-800103.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.