--- title: "Play to the Crowd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/play-to-the-crowd-winchester-727574 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 --- # Play to the Crowd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Play to the Crowd (trading as THEATRE ROYAL WINCHESTER; Companies House 03696681; Winchester) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Creative Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 28 July 2021 (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: Creative Worker - First seen on the register: 28 July 2021 - Trading as: THEATRE ROYAL WINCHESTER - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Winchester - Registered address: Theatre Royal, Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB - Companies House number: 03696681 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03696681) - Website: http://www.theatreroyalwinchester.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/play-to-the-crowd-winchester-727574 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 113 licensed sponsors in Winchester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/winchester - 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 18 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Jul 2026: New director appointed: LUCAS, William Robert, Professor. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 23 Jan 2026: Director resigned: SHIBATA, Sho. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Jan 2026: Director resigned: CHESHIRE, Lorraine. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Jan 2026: Director resigned: LOCKYER, Lynne. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Jan 2026: New director appointed: SHIBATA, Sho. Director change recorded on 23 Jan 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. - 23 Jan 2026: New director appointed: LOCKYER, Lynne Carol. Director change recorded on 23 Jan 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. - 23 Jan 2026: New director appointed: CHESHIRE, Lorraine. Director change recorded on 23 Jan 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. - 1 Oct 2025: Director resigned: ARKWRIGHT, Anthony Peter. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Oct 2025: New director appointed: RISBRIDGER, Madeleine. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 1 Oct 2025: New director appointed: GRIME, Helen, Dr. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 30 Jun 2024: Director resigned: HONEY, Cara Lindsey. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 12 Jun 2024: New director appointed: WALL, Noemi. Director change recorded on 12 Jun 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. - 1 Aug 2023: Secretary resigned: GARRIOCK, Hannah Elizabeth. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2023: New secretary appointed: ANGUS, Daniel James. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 7 Feb 2022: New secretary appointed: GARRIOCK, Hannah Elizabeth. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Feb 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. - 7 Feb 2022: Secretary resigned: MARLOW, Jo. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Feb 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. - 1 Sep 2021: Director resigned: HILL, David John. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2021: Director resigned: SALLIS, Tamzin Diana. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. 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 Play to the Crowd ### Is Play to the Crowd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Play to the Crowd in Winchester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Play to the Crowd sponsor? Play to the Crowd is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Play to the Crowd based? The register lists Play to the Crowd at Theatre Royal, Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8SB. 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 03696681. 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/play-to-the-crowd-winchester-727574 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/play-to-the-crowd-winchester-727574.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.