--- title: "The Challenge Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-challenge-academy-trust-warrington-759137 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 Challenge Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Challenge Academy Trust (Companies House 10689247, Warrington) 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 10 September 2025 (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: 10 September 2025 - Also known as: Appleton Thorn Primary School; Beamont Collegiate Academy; Bridgewater High School; Broomfields Junior School; Dallam Community Primary School; Great Sankey Primary School; Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School; Padgate Academy; Penketh High School; Penketh South Community Primary School - Industry: Education - Town: Warrington - Companies House number: 10689247 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10689247) - Website: https://www.tcat.uk.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/the-challenge-academy-trust-warrington-759137 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 246 licensed sponsors in Warrington: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/warrington - 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 1 change worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 9 Jul 2026: New director appointed: KERRIDGE, Martin Robert. Director change recorded on 9 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. 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 Challenge Academy Trust ### Is The Challenge Academy Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Challenge Academy Trust in Warrington is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Challenge Academy Trust sponsor? The Challenge Academy Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Challenge Academy Trust based? The register lists The Challenge Academy Trust at Warrington. 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 10689247. 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-challenge-academy-trust-warrington-759137 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-challenge-academy-trust-warrington-759137.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.