--- title: "DanceEast: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/danceeast-ipswich-768783 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 --- # DanceEast: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, DanceEast (Ipswich) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: DANCE EAST - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Ipswich - Companies House number: 03463592 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03463592) - Website: https://www.danceeast.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/danceeast-ipswich-768783 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 228 licensed sponsors in Ipswich: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/ipswich - 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 30 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 14 Sep 2026: Director resigned: GHOSH, Shreela. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Sep 2026: Director resigned: GAMBLIN, Sarah. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Sep 2026: New director appointed: FARROW, David Christopher. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 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. - 14 Sep 2026: New director appointed: WHELAN, Kerry. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 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. - 14 Sep 2026: New director appointed: VAN WALSUM, Georgiana Louise. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 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. - 14 Sep 2026: New director appointed: BRENMAN, Gregory John Philip. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 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 Jan 2026: Director resigned: AVIS, Gary Christopher. Director change recorded on 28 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 2026: Director resigned: GRIBBLE, Christopher John, Dr. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 16 Jun 2025: New director appointed: AVIS, Gary Christopher. Director change recorded on 16 Jun 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. - 2 Dec 2024: Director resigned: FARGHER, Lizzie. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 17 Jun 2024: New director appointed: GRIBBLE, Christopher John, Dr. Director change recorded on 17 Jun 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. - 30 Apr 2022: Director resigned: AVIS, Gary Christopher. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 6 Dec 2021: Director resigned: CHAPLIN, Richard John. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 13 Sep 2021: New director appointed: GAMBLIN, Sarah. Director change recorded on 13 Sep 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. - 14 Jun 2021: New director appointed: GHOSH, Shreela. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 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. - 14 Jun 2021: Director resigned: HILTON, Anthony Victor. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 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. - 30 Apr 2021: Director resigned: PYE, Richard Wallace. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 15 Mar 2021: New director appointed: HOLDER, Margaret Diane. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 14 Mar 2021: New director appointed: CLUNIE, Isis Natalya Cass. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 9 Dec 2019: New director appointed: SPENCE, Magnus Andrew. Director change recorded on 9 Dec 2019. 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 Aug 2019: Director resigned: WIXLEY, Ann Mary. Director change recorded on 18 Aug 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. - 3 Jun 2019: New director appointed: MORTON WRIGHT, Ben Paul. Director change recorded on 3 Jun 2019. 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. - 8 Apr 2019: Director resigned: GOUGH, Robert Charles. Director change recorded on 8 Apr 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. - 4 Dec 2017: New director appointed: WIXLEY, Ann Mary. Director change recorded on 4 Dec 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. - 4 Dec 2017: Director resigned: LOFTUS, Hana Beatrice Yamato. Director change recorded on 4 Dec 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. - + 5 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 DanceEast ### Is DanceEast a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. DanceEast in Ipswich is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can DanceEast sponsor? DanceEast is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is DanceEast based? The register lists DanceEast at Ipswich. 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. 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/danceeast-ipswich-768783 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/danceeast-ipswich-768783.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.