--- title: "The Good Shepherd Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-good-shepherd-trust-guildford-763552 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 Good Shepherd Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Good Shepherd Trust (Companies House 08366199, Guildford) 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 22 January 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: 22 January 2025 - Also known as: Ashley Church of England Primary School; Bramley CofE Infant School and Nursery; Cranleigh Church of England Primary School; Farnborough Grange Nursery & Infant Community School; Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Infant School; Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior School; Potters Gate CofE Primary School; Puttenham CofE Infant School; St Mark and All Saints Church of England Primary; Surrey Hills All Saints Primary School - Industry: Education - Town: Guildford - Registered address: Academies Office, Larch Avenue, Guildford, Surrey, England, GU1 1JY - Companies House number: 08366199 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08366199) - Website: https://www.goodshepherdtrust.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-good-shepherd-trust-guildford-763552 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 249 licensed sponsors in Guildford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/guildford - 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 13 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 10 Oct 2026: Director resigned: LEWIS, Mary Anne. Director change recorded on 10 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 6 Nov 2026. - 10 Oct 2026: Director resigned: SIMCOX, John Lingard. Director change recorded on 10 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 6 Nov 2026. - 10 Oct 2026: Director resigned: HANSON, James Andrew, Rev. Director change recorded on 10 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 6 Nov 2026. - 23 Sep 2026: Director resigned: HOTSON, Matthew James. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 4 Sep 2026: New director appointed: MAYERS, Graham Brian. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 1 Dec 2025: New director appointed: AGG, Jane Melinda. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 27 Sep 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 27 Sep 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. - 14 Sep 2025: New director appointed: BARRETT, David James. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 12 Sep 2025: New director appointed: HOTSON, Matthew James. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 12 Sep 2025: New director appointed: RICHARDSON, Christopher Donald. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 12 Sep 2025: New director appointed: LANCASTER, Stewart Christopher. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 27 May 2025: Director resigned: FRIEND, James Thomas. Director change recorded on 27 May 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. - 23 May 2025: New director appointed: NOWAK, Andrew James. Director change recorded on 23 May 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. 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 Good Shepherd Trust ### Is The Good Shepherd Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Good Shepherd Trust in Guildford 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 Good Shepherd Trust sponsor? The Good Shepherd Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Good Shepherd Trust based? The register lists The Good Shepherd Trust at Academies Office, Larch Avenue, Guildford, Surrey, England, GU1 1JY. 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 08366199. 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-good-shepherd-trust-guildford-763552 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-good-shepherd-trust-guildford-763552.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.