--- title: "Fylde Coast Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fylde-coast-academy-trust-blackpool-750884 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 --- # Fylde Coast Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Fylde Coast Academy Trust (Companies House 08364709, Blackpool) 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 12 April 2017 (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: 12 April 2017 - Also known as: Blackpool Aspire Academy; Blackpool Gateway Academy; Hambleton Primary Academy; Mereside Primary. Blackpool; Montgomery High School; Unity Academy Blackpool; Armfield Academy; Garstang Community Academy; Mereside Primary Academy; Montgomery Academy - Industry: Education - Town: Blackpool - Registered address: Armfield Academy, 488 Lytham Road, Blackpool, England, FY4 1TL - Companies House number: 08364709 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08364709) - Website: https://www.fcat.org.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/fylde-coast-academy-trust-blackpool-750884 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 163 licensed sponsors in Blackpool: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/blackpool - 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 54 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 30 Sep 2026: Director resigned: FLANNIGAN-SALMON, Jason William Andrew. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 1 Sep 2026: New director appointed: BERRINGTON, John. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Sep 2026: New director appointed: ELSWOOD, Gareth Frank. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Aug 2026: Director resigned: WILLIAMS, Emma Louise. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2026: Director resigned: WHITEHEAD, Amanda Joy. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 5 Mar 2026: Director resigned: HURLEY, Andrew. Director change recorded on 5 Mar 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. - 30 Jan 2026: New director appointed: FLANNIGAN-SALMON, Jason William Andrew. Director change recorded on 30 Jan 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. - 21 Jan 2026: New director appointed: HURLEY, Andrew. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 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. - 21 Jan 2026: Director resigned: HURLEY, Andrew. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 31 Aug 2024: Director resigned: GUTTERIDGE, Mark Anthony. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 1 May 2024: New director appointed: WILSON, Steven James. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. - 18 Mar 2024: Director resigned: SHIELDS, Sally Ann. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 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. - 5 Mar 2024: New director appointed: ASCROFT, Mark John. Director change recorded on 5 Mar 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. - 5 Mar 2024: New director appointed: EVISON, Kathleen, Dr. Director change recorded on 5 Mar 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 Nov 2023: Director resigned: HORN, Matthew George. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 15 Sep 2023: Cessation of Ms Marianne Beckett as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 15 Sep 2023: Cessation of Mr Dawood Fard as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 15 Sep 2023: Cessation of Mr Tony Nicholson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 15 Sep 2023: Director resigned: ORR, Peter Lindsay. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 12 Sep 2023: Director resigned: ARBER, Joel Matthew. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 6 Sep 2023: New director appointed: SHIELDS, Sally Ann. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 12 Jun 2023: Director resigned: FREW, Paul. Director change recorded on 12 Jun 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. - 23 Jan 2023: Notification of Ms Marianne Beckett as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 23 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. - 23 Jan 2023: Notification of Mr Dawood Fard as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 23 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. - 23 Jan 2023: Notification of Mr Tony Nicholson as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 23 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. - + 29 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 Fylde Coast Academy Trust ### Is Fylde Coast Academy Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Fylde Coast Academy Trust in Blackpool is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Fylde Coast Academy Trust sponsor? Fylde Coast Academy Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Fylde Coast Academy Trust based? The register lists Fylde Coast Academy Trust at Armfield Academy, 488 Lytham Road, Blackpool, England, FY4 1TL. 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 08364709. 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/fylde-coast-academy-trust-blackpool-750884 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fylde-coast-academy-trust-blackpool-750884.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.