--- title: "Starr in the Community CIC: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/starr-in-the-community-cic-congleton-739583 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 --- # Starr in the Community CIC: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Starr in the Community CIC (trading as Circus Starr; Congleton) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: Circus Starr - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Congleton - Companies House number: 07477542 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07477542) - Website: https://www.circus-starr.org.uk/contact-us/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/circus-starr/ - 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/starr-in-the-community-cic-congleton-739583 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 25 licensed sponsors in Congleton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/congleton - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - 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 8 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 3 Nov 2025: Company has been closed at Companies House. Company status change recorded on 3 Nov 2025 (closed). If your organisation has stopped trading or become insolvent, this must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 21 Jan 2025: Director resigned: WILSON, Neville. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 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. - 7 Jun 2023: Director resigned: BRIGGS, Phillip George. Director change recorded on 7 Jun 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. - 7 Jun 2023: Director resigned: GANDEY-BRIGGS, Hayley Jade. Director change recorded on 7 Jun 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 Mar 2022: New director appointed: BRIGGS, Phillip George. Director change recorded on 17 Mar 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. - 17 Mar 2022: New director appointed: GANDEY-BRIGGS, Hayley Jade. Director change recorded on 17 Mar 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. - 26 Dec 2016: New director appointed: ATKINS, Simon. Director change recorded on 26 Dec 2016. 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. - 15 Oct 2013: Director resigned: YATES, Victoria Kathryn. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 2013. 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 Starr in the Community CIC ### Is Starr in the Community CIC a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Starr in the Community CIC in Congleton is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Starr in the Community CIC sponsor? Starr in the Community CIC is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Starr in the Community CIC based? The register lists Starr in the Community CIC at Congleton. 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. 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/starr-in-the-community-cic-congleton-739583 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/starr-in-the-community-cic-congleton-739583.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.