--- title: "Samphire Star Education Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/samphire-star-education-trust-dover-732764 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 --- # Samphire Star Education Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Samphire Star Education Trust (Companies House 08039629, Dover) 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 26 November 2024 (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: 26 November 2024 - Also known as: Astor Secondary School; Barton Junior School; Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School; White Cliffs Primary School; White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School - Industry: Education - Town: Dover - Registered address: Sset Central Office, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent, England, CT17 0AS - Companies House number: 08039629 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08039629) - Website: https://www.samphirestar.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/samphire-star-education-trust-dover-732764 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 47 licensed sponsors in Dover: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/dover - 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 15 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 9 Oct 2026: New director appointed: GODDEN, Joanne. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 6 Nov 2026. - 30 Sep 2026: Director resigned: LAWSON, Julie. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 17 Jul 2026: Director resigned: BEGG, Rhiannon. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 24 Apr 2026: New director appointed: LAWSON, Julie. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 17 Apr 2026: Director resigned: BATCHELOR, Emma. Director change recorded on 17 Apr 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. - 10 Apr 2026: Director resigned: SMITH, Sarah Louise. Director change recorded on 10 Apr 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. - 26 Feb 2026: New director appointed: BATCHELOR, Emma. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 26 Feb 2026: New director appointed: NIMMO, Jennifer. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 11 Dec 2025: New director appointed: STOKES, Melanie. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 11 Dec 2025: New director appointed: DAVIES, Robert. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 11 Dec 2025: New director appointed: AKHTAR, Naseem. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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 Oct 2025: Director resigned: DAVIES, Ryan. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 26 Aug 2025: Director resigned: POWELL, Kenneth John, Dr. Director change recorded on 26 Aug 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 Aug 2025: Director resigned: GEARY, Nathalie. Director change recorded on 25 Aug 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. - 3 Mar 2025: Director resigned: KHAN, Ayaz. Director change recorded on 3 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. 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 Samphire Star Education Trust ### Is Samphire Star Education Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Samphire Star Education Trust in Dover is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Samphire Star Education Trust sponsor? Samphire Star Education Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Samphire Star Education Trust based? The register lists Samphire Star Education Trust at Sset Central Office, Astor Avenue, Dover, Kent, England, CT17 0AS. 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 08039629. 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/samphire-star-education-trust-dover-732764 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/samphire-star-education-trust-dover-732764.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.