--- title: "Dixons Academies Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dixons-academies-trust-bradford-784224 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 --- # Dixons Academies Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Dixons Academies Trust (trading as Dixons City Academy; Companies House 02303464; Bradford) 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 20 March 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: 20 March 2023 - Trading as: Dixons City Academy - Also known as: Dixons Allerton Academy; Dixons Ashton Academy; Dixons Broadgreen Academy; Dixons Brooklands Academy; Dixons Cottingley Academy; Dixons Croxteth Academy; Dixons Fazakerley Academy; Dixons Kings Academy; Dixons Manningham Academy; Dixons Marchbank Primary - Industry: Education - Town: Bradford - Registered address: Dixons Academies Charitable Trust Ltd, Ripley Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, BD5 7RR - Companies House number: 02303464 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02303464) - Website: https://www.dixonsca.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dixons-academies-charitable-trust-ltd/ - 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/dixons-academies-trust-bradford-784224 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 740 licensed sponsors in Bradford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bradford - 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 19 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 13 Oct 2025: New secretary appointed: CHIDZEY-CARN, Claire Elizabeth Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 13 Oct 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. - 12 Sep 2025: Secretary resigned: BERRILL, Kathryn. Company secretary change recorded on 12 Sep 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. - 31 Jul 2025: Director resigned: NIJJAR, Kuldip. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 10 Jul 2025: Director resigned: KENYON, Sally Anne. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 31 Jan 2025: New director appointed: BARRON, James. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 1 Jun 2024: New director appointed: KENYON, Sally Anne. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 24 Jan 2024: Cessation of Mrs Lynn Barrett as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Jan 2024. 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. - 24 Jan 2024: Cessation of Mr Bryan Collins as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Jan 2024. 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. - 24 Jan 2024: Cessation of Mrs Joanne Irene Williams as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Jan 2024. 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. - 24 Jan 2024: Cessation of Sir James Frederick Hill as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Jan 2024. 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. - 12 Dec 2023: Director resigned: KENYON, Sally Anne. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 10 Nov 2023: New secretary appointed: BERRILL, Kathryn. Company secretary change recorded on 10 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. - 31 Oct 2023: Secretary resigned: BAILEY, Amanda. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Oct 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 Sep 2023: Director resigned: YOUNG, Sarah Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2023: New director appointed: KENYON, Sally Anne. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Sep 2023: New director appointed: MAGRATH, Linda. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Sep 2023: New director appointed: KENIWELL, Robert. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Sep 2023: New director appointed: TUTT, Richard. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Aug 2023: Director resigned: COLLINS, Bryan. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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 Dixons Academies Trust ### Is Dixons Academies Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Dixons Academies Trust in Bradford 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 Dixons Academies Trust sponsor? Dixons Academies Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Dixons Academies Trust based? The register lists Dixons Academies Trust at Dixons Academies Charitable Trust Ltd, Ripley Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, BD5 7RR. 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 02303464. 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/dixons-academies-trust-bradford-784224 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dixons-academies-trust-bradford-784224.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.