--- title: "Heart of Mercia: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/heart-of-mercia-hereford-726358 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 --- # Heart of Mercia: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Heart of Mercia (Companies House 10499174, Hereford) 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 27 May 2025 (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: 27 May 2025 - Also known as: Hereford Sixth Form College; John Kyrle High School & Sixth Form Centre; The Chantry; Worcester Sixth Form College; John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy; King Edward VI College Stourbridge; The Chantry School - Industry: Education - Town: Hereford - Companies House number: 10499174 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10499174) - Website: https://hereford.ac.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/heart-of-mercia-hereford-726358 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 87 licensed sponsors in Hereford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hereford - 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 5 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 12 Oct 2026: New director appointed: SENIOR, Edward York. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 9 Nov 2026. - 2 Feb 2026: Director resigned: MORGAN, Ceri Melvin. Director change recorded on 2 Feb 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. - 19 Jan 2026: Director resigned: SALTER, Rachel Marie. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 15 Dec 2025: New director appointed: NEWSHOLME, Timothy Mansford. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 31 Aug 2025: Director resigned: HOPKINS, Kenneth Victor John, Dr. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. 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 Heart of Mercia ### Is Heart of Mercia a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Heart of Mercia in Hereford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Heart of Mercia sponsor? Heart of Mercia is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Heart of Mercia based? The register lists Heart of Mercia at Hereford. 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 10499174. 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/heart-of-mercia-hereford-726358 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/heart-of-mercia-hereford-726358.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.