--- title: "Buxton Arts Festival: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/buxton-arts-festival-buxton-801925 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 --- # Buxton Arts Festival: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Buxton Arts Festival (trading as Buxton Adventure Festival; Companies House 01393717; Buxton) 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 26 May 2022 (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: 26 May 2022 - Trading as: Buxton Adventure Festival - Legal name: BUXTON ARTS FESTIVAL LIMITED - Also known as: BUXTON FESTIVAL - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Buxton - Registered address: 3 The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AZ - Companies House number: 01393717 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01393717) - Website: http://www.buxtonadventurefestival.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/buxton-arts-festival-buxton-801925 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 20 licensed sponsors in Buxton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/buxton - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - 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 14 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 7 Sep 2026: New person with significant control: Mr Simon Mark Haslam. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Sep 2026. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 7 Sep 2026: Cessation of Ms Felicity Margaret Sue Goodey as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Sep 2026. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 7 Sep 2026: Director resigned: GOODEY, Felicity Margaret Sue. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 3 Mar 2026: Director resigned: GOTTLIEB, Emily Jessica Kate. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 10 Mar 2025: Director resigned: HARPER, Michael Jerome. Director change recorded on 10 Mar 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. - 9 Jan 2025: New secretary appointed: HOLLIDAY, Colin. Company secretary change recorded on 9 Jan 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. - 27 Dec 2024: New director appointed: BANKS, Diane Mary. Director change recorded on 27 Dec 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. - 11 Sep 2024: Director resigned: POTTER, Louise Telford. Director change recorded on 11 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. - 11 Sep 2024: New director appointed: HASLAM, Simon Mark. Director change recorded on 11 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. - 11 Sep 2024: New director appointed: EASTWOOD, Richard Charles Andrew. Director change recorded on 11 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. - 18 Apr 2024: Secretary resigned: SMYTH, Janette. Company secretary change recorded on 18 Apr 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 Mar 2024: Director resigned: LESTER, Stuart. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 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. - 23 Nov 2023: New secretary appointed: SMYTH, Janette. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Nov 2023. 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 Nov 2023: Secretary resigned: MCMAHON, Marie-Axelle Andree Pierre. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Nov 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 Buxton Arts Festival ### Is Buxton Arts Festival a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Buxton Arts Festival in Buxton is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Buxton Arts Festival sponsor? Buxton Arts Festival is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Buxton Arts Festival based? The register lists Buxton Arts Festival at 3 The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6AZ. 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 01393717. 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/buxton-arts-festival-buxton-801925 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/buxton-arts-festival-buxton-801925.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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