--- title: "Dorset Opera: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dorset-opera-dorchester-695830 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 --- # Dorset Opera: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Dorset Opera (Companies House 05170704, Dorchester) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Charity Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 2 November 2021 (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: Charity Worker - First seen on the register: 2 November 2021 - Industry: Education - Town: DORCHESTER - Registered address: Dorset Opera, Cheselbourne, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom, DT2 7NP - Companies House number: 05170704 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05170704) - Website: https://www.dorsetopera.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/dorset-opera-dorchester-695830 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 50 licensed sponsors in Dorchester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/dorchester - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - Among 1,531 Charity Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-charity ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 6 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 10 Dec 2025: New director appointed: COOMBS, Lucinda Frances. Director change recorded on 10 Dec 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. - 4 Oct 2024: Director resigned: GUIDERA, Julian. Director change recorded on 4 Oct 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 Dec 2023: New director appointed: LEWIS, Merlin Philip David. Director change recorded on 17 Dec 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. - 7 Aug 2023: Director resigned: HARVEY, Giles Covington Wingate. Director change recorded on 7 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. - 12 Apr 2023: New director appointed: GUIDERA, Julian. Director change recorded on 12 Apr 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. - 8 Mar 2023: New director appointed: GRANT, David Euan Barron. Director change recorded on 8 Mar 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. 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 Dorset Opera ### Is Dorset Opera a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Dorset Opera in DORCHESTER is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Dorset Opera sponsor? Dorset Opera is licensed for Charity Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Dorset Opera based? The register lists Dorset Opera at Dorset Opera, Cheselbourne, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom, DT2 7NP. 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 05170704. 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/dorset-opera-dorchester-695830 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dorset-opera-dorchester-695830.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.