--- title: "Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stoke-on-trent-and-north-staffordshire-theatre-trust-limited-newcastle-under-739973 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 --- # Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited (trading as New Vic Theatre; Companies House 00911924; Newcastle-under-Lyme) 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 February 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: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker - First seen on the register: 28 February 2023 - Trading as: New Vic Theatre - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Newcastle-under-Lyme - Registered address: Etruria Road, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 0JG - Companies House number: 00911924 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00911924) - Website: https://www.newvictheatre.org.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/stoke-on-trent-and-north-staffordshire-theatre-trust-limited-newcastle-under-739973 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 57 licensed sponsors in Newcastle under Lyme: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/newcastle-under-lyme - 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 19 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 23 Sep 2026: New director appointed: GULLIS, Jonathan Edward. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 20 May 2026: Director resigned: HOLLAND, Mark Edward. Director change recorded on 20 May 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 Mar 2026: New director appointed: DEAN, Wendy Jane. Director change recorded on 26 Mar 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. - 16 Dec 2025: New director appointed: COLES, Hayley Denise. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 26 Nov 2025: Director resigned: SAMBROOK, John Edwin. Director change recorded on 26 Nov 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 2025: New director appointed: WILSON, Dorothy Joan. Director change recorded on 26 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. - 31 Jul 2025: Director resigned: PARRY, Ian Michael. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 27 Nov 2024: Director resigned: HONEYANDS, Susan Violet. Director change recorded on 27 Nov 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. - 27 Nov 2024: Director resigned: HUGHES, Gwendalyn Jane. Director change recorded on 27 Nov 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. - 27 Nov 2024: Director resigned: BARCROFT, Colin Ian. Director change recorded on 27 Nov 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. - 27 Nov 2024: New director appointed: LAKIN, Anne. Director change recorded on 27 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 Nov 2024: New director appointed: PRINCE, Natasha. Director change recorded on 27 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 Nov 2024: New director appointed: AL-ANI, Ayad. Director change recorded on 27 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 Nov 2024: New director appointed: SMITH, Penelope Ann. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 23 Aug 2024: New director appointed: PETTY, Thomas Christopher John, Dr. Director change recorded on 23 Aug 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. - 29 Nov 2023: Director resigned: SHEPHERD, Jonathan Mark Stansfield. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 29 Nov 2023: Director resigned: JONES, Iona Mahima, Dr. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 23 Nov 2023: New director appointed: HILL, Sarah Ann. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 14 Jun 2023: Director resigned: BEARDMORE, Lorraine. Director change recorded on 14 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. 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 Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited ### Is Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited in Newcastle-under-Lyme 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 Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited sponsor? Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited based? The register lists Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Theatre Trust Limited at Etruria Road, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 0JG. 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 00911924. 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/stoke-on-trent-and-north-staffordshire-theatre-trust-limited-newcastle-under-739973 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stoke-on-trent-and-north-staffordshire-theatre-trust-limited-newcastle-under-739973.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.