--- title: "King's Arms Trust (Bedford): UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/king-s-arms-trust-bedford-bedford-706571 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 --- # King's Arms Trust (Bedford): UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, King's Arms Trust (Bedford) (Companies House 05899019, Bedford) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Charity Worker, Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion routes, 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 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); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Charity Worker; Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Bedford - Registered address: KING'S HOUSE, 245 Ampthill Road, Bedford, MK42 9AZ - Companies House number: 05899019 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05899019) - Website: https://kingsarmsproject.org/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kings-arms-project/ - 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/king-s-arms-trust-bedford-bedford-706571 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 332 licensed sponsors in Bedford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bedford - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - 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 19 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 28 Sep 2025: New director appointed: BARNETT, Ruth Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 28 Sep 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. - 5 Mar 2024: New director appointed: KAMCHIRA-MANGWIZA, Sandra. 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. - 30 Nov 2023: Director resigned: HICKMAN, Rachel Mary Usha. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 26 Mar 2023: New director appointed: ODENIRAN, Rotimi. Director change recorded on 26 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. - 4 Oct 2022: Director resigned: JOHNSON, Paul Gregory. Director change recorded on 4 Oct 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. - 20 Oct 2020: Director resigned: LIPSKI, Vanessa Julie. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 2020. 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. - 20 Oct 2020: New director appointed: VARLEY, Philip Alan. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 2020. 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 Jun 2020: New director appointed: HICKMAN, Rachel Mary Usha. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 2020. 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 2020: New director appointed: MARFLEET, Nicola Louise. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 2020. 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 Jul 2019: New director appointed: LIPSKI, Vanessa Julie. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 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. - 9 Jul 2019: Director resigned: STANYARD, Paul John. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 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. - 9 Jul 2019: New director appointed: HUMPHREY, Peter John. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 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. - 20 Nov 2018: Director resigned: ADAMS, Mark Richard Vassall. Director change recorded on 20 Nov 2018. 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. - 22 Aug 2018: Secretary resigned: HOLT, David. Company secretary change recorded on 22 Aug 2018. 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. - 8 Mar 2017: Director resigned: COOK, Kirstie Ruth. Director change recorded on 8 Mar 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Roydon Loveley. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Cessation of Mr Roydon Loveley as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 29 Jan 2014: New secretary appointed: HOLT, David. Company secretary change recorded on 29 Jan 2014. 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. - 29 Jan 2014: Secretary resigned: JOHNSON, Emma. Company secretary change recorded on 29 Jan 2014. 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 King's Arms Trust (Bedford) ### Is King's Arms Trust (Bedford) a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. King's Arms Trust (Bedford) in Bedford 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 King's Arms Trust (Bedford) sponsor? King's Arms Trust (Bedford) is licensed for Charity Worker, Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is King's Arms Trust (Bedford) based? The register lists King's Arms Trust (Bedford) at KING'S HOUSE, 245 Ampthill Road, Bedford, MK42 9AZ. 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 05899019. 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/king-s-arms-trust-bedford-bedford-706571 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/king-s-arms-trust-bedford-bedford-706571.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.