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title: "Read Education Services: UK sponsor licence status"
canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/read-education-services-london-728792
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
---

# Read Education Services: UK sponsor licence status

> As of 30 October 2026, Read Education Services (trading as Read Training; Companies House 11956656; London) 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 11 May 2023 (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: 11 May 2023
- Trading as: Read Training
- Legal name: READ EDUCATION SERVICES LIMITED
- Industry: Education
- Town: London
- Registered address: 480a Barking Road, London, England, E13 8QB
- Companies House number: 11956656 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11956656)
- Website: https://www.readtraining.co.uk/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/read-training/
- 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/read-education-services-london-728792

## Where this sponsor sits

- One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london
- 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

3 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first:

- 15 Sep 2024: New director appointed: YOUSAF, Zahida. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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.
- 24 Jul 2023: Cessation of Mrs Zahida Yousaf as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Jul 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.
- 24 Jul 2023: Director resigned: YOUSAF, Zahida. Director change recorded on 24 Jul 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.

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 Read Education Services

### Is Read Education Services a licensed UK visa sponsor?

Yes. Read Education Services in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship.

### What visa routes can Read Education Services sponsor?

Read Education Services is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)".

### Where is Read Education Services based?

The register lists Read Education Services at 480a Barking Road, London, England, E13 8QB. 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 11956656. 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/read-education-services-london-728792
- This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/read-education-services-london-728792.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.
