--- title: "Kirkham Grammar School: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/kirkham-grammar-school-preston-756713 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 --- # Kirkham Grammar School: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Kirkham Grammar School (Companies House 06195985, Preston) 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 August 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 August 2025 - Industry: Education - Town: Preston - Companies House number: 06195985 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06195985) - Website: https://www.kirkhamgrammar.co.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/kirkham-grammar-school-preston-756713 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 397 licensed sponsors in Preston: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/preston - 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 9 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Oct 2026: Company is in administration at Companies House. Company status change recorded on 25 Oct 2026 (in administration). If your organisation has stopped trading or become insolvent, this must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. The 20-working-day window runs to about 20 Nov 2026. - 1 Oct 2026: Company name changed, now trading as "KGS REALISATIONS 2026 LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 1 Oct 2026. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 20 Mar 2026: Director resigned: WAITE, Eric Jonathan. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 5 Jan 2026: Director resigned: LONGLEY, Abigail. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 12 Dec 2025: Cessation of Miss Abigail Longley as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Dec 2025. 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 2025: Cessation of Mr Mark Raymond Peter Henry Delano Wheatley as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Dec 2025. 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 2025: Cessation of Mr Sean Antony Wilkinson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Dec 2025. 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. - 13 Oct 2025: Cessation of Mr Julian Edward Stefan Kollard as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 Oct 2025. 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. - 13 Oct 2025: Director resigned: KOLLARD, Julian Edward Stefan. Director change recorded on 13 Oct 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 Kirkham Grammar School ### Is Kirkham Grammar School a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Kirkham Grammar School in Preston 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 Kirkham Grammar School sponsor? Kirkham Grammar School is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Kirkham Grammar School based? The register lists Kirkham Grammar School at Preston. 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 06195985. 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/kirkham-grammar-school-preston-756713 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/kirkham-grammar-school-preston-756713.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.