--- title: "Community Schools Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/community-schools-trust-london-806301 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 --- # Community Schools Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Community Schools Trust (Companies House 10337377, London) 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 26 October 2016 (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: 26 October 2016 - Also known as: Cumberland Community School; Forest Gate Community School; Haggerston School; The Excelsior Academy; University Technical College Norfolk; Waterside Academy - Industry: Education - Town: London - Registered address: Forest Gate Community School, Forest Lane, London, United Kingdom, E7 9BB - Companies House number: 10337377 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10337377) - Website: https://www.communityschoolstrust.org - 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/community-schools-trust-london-806301 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - 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 23 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 3 Apr 2025: New director appointed: KARIM, Zakir. Director change recorded on 3 Apr 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. - 22 Jan 2025: New director appointed: FADINA, Victoria Olayinka. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 17 Jan 2025: Director resigned: OYEBANJO, Zainab. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 24 Oct 2024: New director appointed: ANDREWS, Maxwell George. Director change recorded on 24 Oct 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. - 17 May 2024: Director resigned: RUTT, Christopher Stewart. Director change recorded on 17 May 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. - 4 Jul 2023: Director resigned: SCAWTHORN, Antony Patrick. Director change recorded on 4 Jul 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. - 8 Dec 2022: New director appointed: LLOYD, Thomas Peter. Director change recorded on 8 Dec 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. - 6 Dec 2022: Director resigned: IQBAL, Zain. Director change recorded on 6 Dec 2022. 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. - 1 Mar 2022: New director appointed: OYEBANJO, Zainab. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 31 Dec 2021: Director resigned: BURNS, Alison. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 20 Jul 2021: Director resigned: HUGHES, John Charles. Director change recorded on 20 Jul 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. - 20 Apr 2020: New director appointed: HUGHES, John Charles. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 2020. 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. - 20 Apr 2020: New director appointed: HOGARTH, Kevin Mark. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 2020. 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. - 20 Apr 2020: New director appointed: ANAND, Meenakshi. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 2020. 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. - 22 Oct 2019: Director resigned: DOOLAN, Rebecca. Director change recorded on 22 Oct 2019. 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 Nov 2018: Director resigned: LENNON, Peter. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 2018. 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 Oct 2018: New director appointed: DOOLAN, Rebecca. Director change recorded on 18 Oct 2018. 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. - 31 May 2018: New director appointed: CLAPHAM, Phoebe Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 31 May 2018. 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 May 2018: Director resigned: O'REILLY, Stephen. Director change recorded on 1 May 2018. 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 Mar 2018: Director resigned: AKIWOWO, Florence Oluwaseyi. Director change recorded on 11 Mar 2018. 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. - 24 Jan 2018: New director appointed: IQBAL, Zain. Director change recorded on 24 Jan 2018. 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. - 12 Oct 2017: New director appointed: LENNON, Peter. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 2017. 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. - 13 May 2017: Director resigned: AHMED, Kamal. Director change recorded on 13 May 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 Community Schools Trust ### Is Community Schools Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Community Schools Trust in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Community Schools Trust sponsor? Community Schools Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Community Schools Trust based? The register lists Community Schools Trust at Forest Gate Community School, Forest Lane, London, United Kingdom, E7 9BB. 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 10337377. 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/community-schools-trust-london-806301 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/community-schools-trust-london-806301.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.