--- title: "Northern Ballet: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/northern-ballet-leeds-764515 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 --- # Northern Ballet: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Northern Ballet (trading as NORTHERN BALLET THEATRE; Companies House 00947096; Leeds) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Creative Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 31 May 2017 (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: Creative Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 31 May 2017 - Trading as: NORTHERN BALLET THEATRE - Legal name: NORTHERN BALLET LIMITED - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: LEEDS - Registered address: 2 St. Cecilia Street, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7PA - Companies House number: 00947096 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00947096) - Website: https://www.northernballet.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/northern-ballet-leeds-764515 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,083 licensed sponsors in Leeds: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leeds - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 46 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 7 Jul 2026: Director resigned: COLLINS, David John. Director change recorded on 7 Jul 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. - 23 Apr 2026: New director appointed: COLLINS, David John. Director change recorded on 23 Apr 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. - 20 Mar 2026: Director resigned: JACKSON, Elizabeth Warmington. 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. - 25 Jun 2025: New director appointed: MCRAE, Steven James. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Jun 2025: New director appointed: PARKE, Jessye. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Jun 2025: New director appointed: BURROWS, Emma Gwendoline. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Jun 2025: New director appointed: DORAN, Gregory, Sir. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Jun 2025: New director appointed: KNIGHT, Imogen Frances. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 7 Mar 2025: Director resigned: O'HARE, Kevin Patrick. Director change recorded on 7 Mar 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. - 6 Dec 2024: Director resigned: ARROWSMITH, Carol Ann. Director change recorded on 6 Dec 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. - 21 Jul 2024: Director resigned: BLAKE, Judith Vivienne, Councillor. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 1 Sep 2023: New director appointed: MCNAUGHT, Andrew Robert. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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 Sep 2023: New director appointed: FISHER, Kate. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 17 Jul 2023: New secretary appointed: BRADFORD, Ameena Subhat. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Jul 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 Mar 2023: Secretary resigned: CORAM, Polly Ellen. Company secretary change recorded on 3 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. - 17 Feb 2023: Director resigned: RANI, Anita. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 14 Feb 2023: Director resigned: SMITH, Paul Graham. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 29 Sep 2022: Notification of Mr. Guido Roberto Perricone as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 29 Sep 2022. 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. - 29 Sep 2022: Cessation of Sir David Hugh Wootton as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 Sep 2022. 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 Sep 2022: Director resigned: WOOTTON, David Hugh, Sir. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 26 Sep 2022: Director resigned: ALIPOOR, Javaad. Director change recorded on 26 Sep 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. - 16 Sep 2022: New director appointed: PERRICONE, Guido Roberto, Mr.. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 16 Aug 2022: New secretary appointed: CORAM, Polly Ellen. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Aug 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. - 16 Aug 2022: Secretary resigned: CORAM, Richard Bruce. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Aug 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. - 16 Aug 2022: Director resigned: PROCTER, John Michael, Cllr. Director change recorded on 16 Aug 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. - + 21 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 0 live vacancies tracked for this employer (1 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Development Executive · Leeds, West Yorkshire · £26,093 · expired · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/land/ad/5863777534?se=7A0DCtOl8RGxSf1iGXKoQA&utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3&v=76C96262CDC02D9865C34A2D2A0CA9968EA8BC50 A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Northern Ballet ### Is Northern Ballet a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Northern Ballet in LEEDS is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Northern Ballet sponsor? Northern Ballet is licensed for Creative Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Northern Ballet based? The register lists Northern Ballet at 2 St. Cecilia Street, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7PA. 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 00947096. 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/northern-ballet-leeds-764515 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/northern-ballet-leeds-764515.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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