--- title: "Retail Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/retail-trust-derby-729800 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 --- # Retail Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Retail Trust (Companies House 04254201, Derby) 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 17 June 2022 (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: 17 June 2022 - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Derby - Registered address: Marshall Hall Marshall Estate, Hammers Lane, London, NW7 4DQ - Companies House number: 04254201 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04254201) - Website: https://www.retailtrust.org.uk/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/retail-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/retail-trust-derby-729800 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 512 licensed sponsors in Derby: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/derby - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 21 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 22 Sep 2026: Director resigned: POWELL, Christopher Lewis. Director change recorded on 22 Sep 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. - 22 Sep 2026: New director appointed: KING, Irene Vivienne. Director change recorded on 22 Sep 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. - 22 Sep 2026: New director appointed: HULME, Richard Alfred. Director change recorded on 22 Sep 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 Jun 2026: New director appointed: PEACEY, Nathan John. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 25 Nov 2025: New director appointed: BIRCH, John Matthew. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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 Nov 2025: New director appointed: CLEMENTS, Tracey. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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 Sep 2025: Director resigned: BELL-BROWN, Philip. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Sep 2025: New director appointed: HOUGHTON, John Anthony. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 28 Mar 2025: Director resigned: FOSTER, Peter William. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 28 Mar 2025: Director resigned: BROOK-CARTER, Christopher Hedley. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 26 Nov 2024: New director appointed: FOSTER, Peter William. Director change recorded on 26 Nov 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. - 26 Nov 2024: New director appointed: BROOK-CARTER, Christopher Hedley. Director change recorded on 26 Nov 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. - 27 Jun 2024: Director resigned: MCCORQUODALE, David Alexander. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 1 Mar 2024: New director appointed: PORTER, Alison Rachel. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 23 Jan 2024: New director appointed: FINDLAY, Bruce Tara. Director change recorded on 23 Jan 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. - 28 Nov 2023: Director resigned: LOGUE, Michael Francis. Director change recorded on 28 Nov 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. - 28 Nov 2023: Director resigned: SMALL, Brian Michael. Director change recorded on 28 Nov 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. - 28 Nov 2023: New director appointed: ALLEN, Paul Christopher. Director change recorded on 28 Nov 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 Oct 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 21 Oct 2022. 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. - 22 Jun 2022: Director resigned: SEAL, Timothy John. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 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. - 22 Jun 2022: Director resigned: COX, Amanda. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 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. 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 Retail Trust ### Is Retail Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Retail Trust in Derby is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Retail Trust sponsor? Retail Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Retail Trust based? The register lists Retail Trust at Marshall Hall Marshall Estate, Hammers Lane, London, NW7 4DQ. 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 04254201. 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/retail-trust-derby-729800 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/retail-trust-derby-729800.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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