--- title: "Lime Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lime-trust-chingford-709606 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 --- # Lime Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Lime Trust (trading as Lime Academy Trust; Companies House 09297519; Chingford) 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 2019 (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 2019 - Trading as: Lime Academy Trust - Also known as: Lime Academy Abbotsmede; Lime Academy Forest Approach; Lime Academy Hartwell; Lime Academy Hornbeam; Lime Academy Larkswood; Lime Academy Orton; Lime Academy Parnwell; Lime Academy Ravensbourne; Lime Academy Watergall - Industry: Education - Town: Chingford - Registered address: C/O Larkswood Primary School 70-72 New Road, Chingford, London, E4 8ET - Companies House number: 09297519 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09297519) - Website: https://limetrust.org/contact-us/ - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/lime-trust - 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/lime-trust-chingford-709606 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 11 licensed sponsors in Chingford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/chingford - 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 36 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 5 Jun 2026: New director appointed: GAMMAN, Richard, Dr. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 13 Apr 2026: Director resigned: JENNINGS, Amanda Lee. Director change recorded on 13 Apr 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. - 17 Mar 2026: New director appointed: GREEN, Peter Alfred. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Mar 2026: New director appointed: CASEY, Eamonn Tomas. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Dec 2025: New director appointed: CRIPPS, Joanne Claire. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Dec 2025: New director appointed: KAMAL, Ahmed Deedat. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 9 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mrs Christina Ann Constanti as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 9 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. - 30 Oct 2025: Director resigned: SARRE, Hugh Colin Alexander. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 31 Jul 2025: Director resigned: LEASK, William. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 22 May 2024: Notification of Ms Alison Luise Durban as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 22 May 2024. 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. - 30 Apr 2024: Notification of Mr Mike Thomas as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 30 Apr 2024. 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. - 28 Mar 2024: Director resigned: MILLER, Neil Ian. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 7 Feb 2024: Notification of Mr Gary Redhead as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 7 Feb 2024. 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. - 7 Feb 2024: Cessation of Mr Ilker Hasan Yoney as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Feb 2024. 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. - 10 May 2023: New director appointed: GADD, Gillian. Director change recorded on 10 May 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. - 29 Mar 2023: Secretary resigned: KARAPETYAN, Irena. Company secretary change recorded on 29 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. - 29 Mar 2023: New secretary appointed: SMITH, Kelly. Company secretary change recorded on 29 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. - 21 Mar 2023: New director appointed: MILLER, Neil Ian. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 3 Feb 2023: Director resigned: KOUMADITIS, Markos, Dr. Director change recorded on 3 Feb 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 2022: New director appointed: JENNINGS, Amanda Lee. Director change recorded on 12 Sep 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. - 20 Apr 2022: Director resigned: MURPHY, Lisa. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 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. - 18 Nov 2021: New director appointed: KOUMADITIS, Markos, Dr. Director change recorded on 18 Nov 2021. 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 Nov 2021: Director resigned: NEO, Hwee-Ching Ching. Director change recorded on 18 Nov 2021. 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 Jul 2021: Cessation of Mrs Catherine Lee Lewis as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Jul 2021. 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 May 2021: Notification of Mr James Edward Sanderson as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 13 May 2021. 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. - + 11 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 Lime Trust ### Is Lime Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Lime Trust in Chingford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Lime Trust sponsor? Lime Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Lime Trust based? The register lists Lime Trust at C/O Larkswood Primary School 70-72 New Road, Chingford, London, E4 8ET. 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 09297519. 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/lime-trust-chingford-709606 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lime-trust-chingford-709606.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.