--- title: "BookTrust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/booktrust-leeds-800119 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 --- # BookTrust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, BookTrust (Companies House 00210012, Leeds) 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 May 2023 (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 May 2023 - Industry: Education - Town: Leeds - Registered address: G8 Battersea Studios, 80-82 Silverthorne Road, London, SW8 3HE - Companies House number: 00210012 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00210012) - Website: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/947118/ - 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/booktrust-leeds-800119 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,083 licensed sponsors in Leeds: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leeds - 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 11 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Mar 2026: New director appointed: CROCKER, Steven James. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Mar 2026: New director appointed: CHAKRABORTY, Radha Rupa. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 28 Feb 2026: Director resigned: COUGHLAN, John Joseph. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 18 Dec 2024: Director resigned: KESSEL, Anthony Stephen. Director change recorded on 18 Dec 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. - 18 Dec 2024: Director resigned: CHAKRABORTY, Radha Rupa. Director change recorded on 18 Dec 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. - 19 Sep 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Sep 2024. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Sep 2024: New director appointed: POULTNEY, Edward David Mugisha. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Sep 2024: New director appointed: HOBBS, Tim Michael, Professor. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Sep 2024: New director appointed: BROOMÉ, Ellen Kristina. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 5 Dec 2023: Director resigned: DHILLON, Harpal Kaur. Director change recorded on 5 Dec 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. - 31 May 2023: Director resigned: HUDACK, Michael Nicholas. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. 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 BookTrust ### Is BookTrust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. BookTrust in Leeds is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can BookTrust sponsor? BookTrust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is BookTrust based? The register lists BookTrust at G8 Battersea Studios, 80-82 Silverthorne Road, London, SW8 3HE. 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 00210012. 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/booktrust-leeds-800119 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/booktrust-leeds-800119.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.