--- title: "Legra Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/legra-academy-trust-leigh-on-sea-708958 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 --- # Legra Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Legra Academy Trust (Companies House 08066610, Leigh on Sea) 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 2 March 2022 (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: 2 March 2022 - Also known as: Belfairs Academy; Cecil Jones Academy; Darlinghurst Academy - Industry: Education - Town: Leigh on Sea - Registered address: Belfairs Academy, Highlands Boulevard, Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, SS9 3TG - Companies House number: 08066610 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08066610) - Website: https://legraacademytrust.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/legra-academy-trust-leigh-on-sea-708958 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 40 licensed sponsors in Leigh-On-Sea: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leigh-on-sea - 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 22 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 29 Sep 2026: Director resigned: UPTON, Michael. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 10 Jun 2026: New director appointed: EVANS, Fay. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 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. - 22 May 2026: Director resigned: EVANS, Fay. Director change recorded on 22 May 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. - 18 Mar 2026: New director appointed: UPTON, Michael. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 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. - 14 Jan 2026: Director resigned: TREGONING, Adam. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 16 Sep 2025: New person with significant control: Mr Nigel Holdcroft. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Sep 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. - 16 Sep 2025: New person with significant control: Mr John Keith Harland. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Sep 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. - 16 Sep 2025: New person with significant control: Mr Chris Hatton. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Sep 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. - 24 Jun 2025: New director appointed: NICE, Jamie Alex. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Feb 2025: New director appointed: HAYMAN, Paul Brian, Dr. Director change recorded on 24 Feb 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. - 24 Feb 2025: New director appointed: CORBEN, Lindsey. Director change recorded on 24 Feb 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. - 15 Oct 2024: Director resigned: JONES, Janet. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 9 Jul 2024: Director resigned: HUNT, John Peter. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 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. - 19 Mar 2024: Director resigned: DRAKE, Barbara. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 9 Jan 2024: Director resigned: HANKEY, Claire Louise. Director change recorded on 9 Jan 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 Jun 2023: Cessation of Mr John Keith Harland as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 1 Jun 2023: Cessation of Mrs Maxine Bean as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 1 Jun 2023: Cessation of Robin Marcus as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 1 Jun 2023: Cessation of Mr Thomas Nigel Holdcroft as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 21 Mar 2023: Director resigned: HATTON, Chris John. Director change recorded on 21 Mar 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. - 10 Mar 2023: New director appointed: DRAKE, Barbara. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 1 Dec 2022: New director appointed: HERLOCK, Kathy. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 2022. 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 Legra Academy Trust ### Is Legra Academy Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Legra Academy Trust in Leigh on Sea is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Legra Academy Trust sponsor? Legra Academy Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Legra Academy Trust based? The register lists Legra Academy Trust at Belfairs Academy, Highlands Boulevard, Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, SS9 3TG. 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 08066610. 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/legra-academy-trust-leigh-on-sea-708958 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/legra-academy-trust-leigh-on-sea-708958.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.