--- title: "The Auckland Project: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-auckland-project-bishop-auckland-743372 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 --- # The Auckland Project: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Auckland Project (Companies House 07931440, Bishop Auckland) 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 April 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 April 2024 - Industry: Property & Construction - Town: Bishop Auckland - Registered address: 58 Kingsway, Bishop Auckland, England, DL14 7JF - Companies House number: 07931440 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07931440) - Website: https://www.aucklandproject.org - 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/the-auckland-project-bishop-auckland-743372 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 24 licensed sponsors in Bishop Auckland: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bishop-auckland - One of 10,203 in Property & Construction: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/property-construction - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 13 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 27 Jul 2026: Secretary resigned: ELDRED, Nicholas John. Company secretary change recorded on 27 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. - 27 Jul 2026: New corporate-secretary appointed: NE CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 27 Jul 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. - 30 Sep 2025: Director resigned: LYNCH, Anna Marie. Director change recorded on 30 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: BELL, Victoria Jill. 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. - 25 Sep 2025: New director appointed: DOWNSHIRE, Arthur Francis Nicholas Wills, Lord. 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. - 25 Sep 2025: New director appointed: NEVILLE, Robert. 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. - 25 Sep 2025: New director appointed: LAYFIELD, Judith Eva. 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. - 18 Sep 2025: New director appointed: SCOTT, Jennifer Anne. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 22 Apr 2025: Director resigned: MARMION, Myles Columba. Director change recorded on 22 Apr 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. - 2 Oct 2024: Director resigned: RUFFER, Harriet Cecilia. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 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. - 2 Sep 2024: Director resigned: RUFFER, Jonathan Garnier. Director change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 6 Jun 2024: New director appointed: RUFFER, Harriet Cecilia. Director change recorded on 6 Jun 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. - 6 Jun 2024: Director resigned: WOLFE, Daniel Richard. Director change recorded on 6 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. 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 The Auckland Project ### Is The Auckland Project a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Auckland Project in Bishop Auckland 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 The Auckland Project sponsor? The Auckland Project is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Auckland Project based? The register lists The Auckland Project at 58 Kingsway, Bishop Auckland, England, DL14 7JF. 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 07931440. 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/the-auckland-project-bishop-auckland-743372 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-auckland-project-bishop-auckland-743372.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.