--- title: "Coastal Academies Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/coastal-academies-trust-westgate-771843 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 --- # Coastal Academies Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Coastal Academies Trust (Companies House 07552665, Westgate) 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 8 November 2018 (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: 8 November 2018 - Also known as: CLIFTONVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL; DANE COURT GRAMMAR SCHOOL; HARTSDOWN ACADEMY; KING ETHELBERT SCHOOL; Newington Community Primary School; The Royal Harbour Academy - Industry: Education - Town: Westgate - Registered address: King Ethelbert School, Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9BL - Companies House number: 07552665 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07552665) - Website: https://www.kingethelbert.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/coastal-academies-trust-westgate-771843 ## Where this sponsor sits - 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 39 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 6 Oct 2026: New director appointed: HOLDEN, Colin James. Director change recorded on 6 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 3 Nov 2026. - 6 Oct 2026: Director resigned: HOLDEN, Colin James. Director change recorded on 6 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 3 Nov 2026. - 13 Jul 2026: Director resigned: ROBERTS, Dave. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 18 May 2026: New director appointed: MATTHEWS, Eleanor. Director change recorded on 18 May 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. - 11 Feb 2026: Director resigned: HOOPER, Marianne Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 11 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. - 26 Jan 2026: Director resigned: SHARP, Karen. Director change recorded on 26 Jan 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. - 27 Jan 2025: Director resigned: SMITH, Jonathan. Director change recorded on 27 Jan 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: Notification of Mrs Traysi-Jayne Higgin as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 23 Sep 2024. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 23 Sep 2024: New director appointed: SMITH, Jonathan. 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. - 25 Sep 2023: New director appointed: SNAYDON, Sarah Jane. Director change recorded on 25 Sep 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. - 25 Sep 2023: New director appointed: CRAWLEY, Victoria Clare. Director change recorded on 25 Sep 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. - 10 Jul 2023: New director appointed: SHARP, Karen. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 5 Jun 2023: New director appointed: BERRY, Stuart Glenn. Director change recorded on 5 Jun 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. - 30 Jan 2023: Notification of Neil Anthony Smith as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 30 Jan 2023. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 30 Jan 2023: Cessation of Mr Peter John Rodd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Jan 2023. 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. - 30 Jan 2023: Director resigned: SMITH, Neil Anthony. Director change recorded on 30 Jan 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. - 30 Jan 2023: Director resigned: WOODWARD, Sara Natalie. Director change recorded on 30 Jan 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. - 10 Oct 2022: New director appointed: POTTINGER, Victoria Anne. Director change recorded on 10 Oct 2022. 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. - 7 Feb 2022: New person with significant control: Mr Peter John Rodd. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Feb 2022. 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 Feb 2022: Cessation of Neil Anthony Smith as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Feb 2022. 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. - 4 Oct 2021: New director appointed: BROOKES, Alan Geoffrey. Director change recorded on 4 Oct 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. - 30 Mar 2021: New person with significant control: Mr Paul Jeremy Luxmoore. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Mar 2021. 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. - 30 Mar 2021: Cessation of Ms Sara Natalie Woodward as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Mar 2021. 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. - 30 Mar 2021: New director appointed: WOODWARD, Sara Natalie. Director change recorded on 30 Mar 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. - 30 Mar 2021: Director resigned: LUXMOORE, Paul Jeremy. Director change recorded on 30 Mar 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. - + 14 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 Coastal Academies Trust ### Is Coastal Academies Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Coastal Academies Trust in Westgate is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Coastal Academies Trust sponsor? Coastal Academies Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Coastal Academies Trust based? The register lists Coastal Academies Trust at King Ethelbert School, Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9BL. 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 07552665. 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/coastal-academies-trust-westgate-771843 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/coastal-academies-trust-westgate-771843.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.