--- title: "The Common Purpose Charitable Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-common-purpose-charitable-trust-london-762612 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 Common Purpose Charitable Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Common Purpose Charitable Trust (Companies House 02832875, London) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Charity Worker and Skilled Worker routes, 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 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); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Charity Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Education - Town: London - Registered address: Monmouth House, 38-40 Artillery Lane, London, England, E1 7LS - Companies House number: 02832875 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02832875) - Website: https://commonpurpose.org - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/common-purpose - 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-common-purpose-charitable-trust-london-762612 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - Among 1,531 Charity Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-charity ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 49 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 24 Sep 2026: Director resigned: SANDERS, Janis. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 26 Sep 2025: Director resigned: CHANDRA, Lynna. Director change recorded on 26 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: Director resigned: SAHA, Shuvo. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 24 Sep 2025: Director resigned: KULLOI, Peter Andras. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 11 Aug 2025: Cessation of Mr David William Grace as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Aug 2025. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 11 Aug 2025: Cessation of Ms Adirupa Sengupta as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Aug 2025. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 5 Aug 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 5 Aug 2025. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 18 Apr 2025: Secretary resigned: FLEMING, Lloyd William. Company secretary change recorded on 18 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. - 3 May 2024: Director resigned: PORIA, Vandana Saxena. Director change recorded on 3 May 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. - 31 Jan 2024: Director resigned: ROBINSON, David. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 15 Dec 2023: New director appointed: ENNEW, Christine Thelma, Professor. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 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. - 31 Jul 2023: Director resigned: TUCKER, Prince Albert. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 25 Nov 2021: Director resigned: LE FRANC, Lauren. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 2021. 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 2020: New person with significant control: Mr David William Grace. Change to people with significant control recorded on 26 Nov 2020. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Nov 2020: Cessation of Richard Dennis Paul Charkin as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 26 Nov 2020. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Nov 2020: Director resigned: CHARKIN, Richard Denis Paul. Director change recorded on 26 Nov 2020. 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. - 1 Jul 2020: New person with significant control: Richard Dennis Paul Charkin. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jul 2020. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 3 Apr 2020: Director resigned: CARE, Robert Frank, Dr. Director change recorded on 3 Apr 2020. 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. - 15 Jul 2019: New person with significant control: Ms Adirupa Sengupta. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Jul 2019. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Dec 2018: Cessation of Ms Julia Mary Middleton as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Dec 2018. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Dec 2018: New director appointed: CHANDRA, Lynna. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 2018. 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. - 1 Dec 2018: New director appointed: GUPTA, Sanjeev. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 2018. 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. - 8 Nov 2018: Director resigned: SHA, Riaz Ali. Director change recorded on 8 Nov 2018. 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 Jul 2018: New director appointed: LE FRANC, Lauren. Director change recorded on 23 Jul 2018. 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. - 19 Feb 2018: New director appointed: SANDERS, Janis. Director change recorded on 19 Feb 2018. 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. - + 24 earlier changes on the web page 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 Common Purpose Charitable Trust ### Is The Common Purpose Charitable Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Common Purpose Charitable Trust in London 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 The Common Purpose Charitable Trust sponsor? The Common Purpose Charitable Trust is licensed for Charity Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Common Purpose Charitable Trust based? The register lists The Common Purpose Charitable Trust at Monmouth House, 38-40 Artillery Lane, London, England, E1 7LS. 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 02832875. 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-common-purpose-charitable-trust-london-762612 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-common-purpose-charitable-trust-london-762612.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.