--- title: "The Dean Close Foundation: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-dean-close-foundation-cheltenham-743849 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 Dean Close Foundation: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Dean Close Foundation (trading as Dean Close School; Companies House 04193948; Cheltenham) 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 29 November 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 29 November 2023 - Trading as: Dean Close School - Also known as: Dean Close Airthrie School; Dean Close Kingham Hill School; Dean Close Pre-Prep School; Dean Close Prep School; Dean Close Senior School; Dean Close St John's School; St John’s Pre-Prep; St John’s Prep - Industry: Education - Town: Cheltenham - Registered address: Shelburne Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6HE - Companies House number: 04193948 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04193948) - Website: https://www.deanclose.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/the-dean-close-foundation-cheltenham-743849 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 276 licensed sponsors in Cheltenham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cheltenham - 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 11 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 15 Jul 2026: Director resigned: CARDEN, Kathryn Ann. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 3 Jul 2026: Director resigned: MCDONALD, Gary David. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 1 Sep 2025: New director appointed: RITSPERIS, Debra Kingdom. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Sep 2025: New director appointed: PELLEREAU, Caroline Margaret. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Sep 2025: New director appointed: PILCHER, Simon Humphrey Westland. Director change recorded on 1 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 Jan 2025: Director resigned: DALTRY, Helen Stephanie Linford. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 21 Sep 2024: Director resigned: GLASER, Lee. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 15 Jun 2024: Director resigned: TAYLOR, Edward. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 15 Jun 2024: New director appointed: CANSDALE, Matthew Timothy. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 20 Jan 2024: Director resigned: DREW, Charles Stephen Summers. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 Jan 2024: New director appointed: SHAW, Francis James. Director change recorded on 20 Jan 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. 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 Dean Close Foundation ### Is The Dean Close Foundation a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Dean Close Foundation in Cheltenham 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 The Dean Close Foundation sponsor? The Dean Close Foundation is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Dean Close Foundation based? The register lists The Dean Close Foundation at Shelburne Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6HE. 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 04193948. 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-dean-close-foundation-cheltenham-743849 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-dean-close-foundation-cheltenham-743849.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.