--- title: "Music for Life Academy: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/music-for-life-academy-lisburn-747783 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 --- # Music for Life Academy: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Music for Life Academy (trading as African Children's Choir; Companies House 04202335; Lisburn) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Charity Worker route 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) - Visa routes: Charity Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: African Children's Choir - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Lisburn - Registered address: 59-60 Russell Square, London, England, WC1B 4HP - Companies House number: 04202335 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04202335) - Website: https://africanchildrenschoir.com - 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/music-for-life-academy-lisburn-747783 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 57 licensed sponsors in Lisburn: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/lisburn - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 15 Sep 2025: New person with significant control: Ms Sally Anne France. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 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. - 15 Sep 2025: Cessation of Mr Alexander Douglas Palmer as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 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. - 15 Sep 2025: Director resigned: PALMER, Alexander Douglas. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 15 Sep 2025: New director appointed: FRANCE, Sally Anne. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 25 Mar 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Alexander Douglas Palmer. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Mar 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. - 25 Mar 2024: Cessation of Rev Ray Barnett as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Mar 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. - 25 Mar 2024: New director appointed: PALMER, Alexander Douglas. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Mar 2024: Director resigned: BARNETT, Raymond. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 28 Apr 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 28 Apr 2021. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, 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: Rev Ray Barnett. 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: New person with significant control: Ms Suzanne Nelson. 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: New person with significant control: Mr Robert Hunter. 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. 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 Music for Life Academy ### Is Music for Life Academy a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Music for Life Academy in Lisburn 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 Music for Life Academy sponsor? Music for Life Academy is licensed for Charity Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Music for Life Academy based? The register lists Music for Life Academy at 59-60 Russell Square, London, England, WC1B 4HP. 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 04202335. 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/music-for-life-academy-lisburn-747783 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/music-for-life-academy-lisburn-747783.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.