--- title: "The Grange Festival: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-grange-festival-alresford-744171 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 Grange Festival: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Grange Festival (Companies House 09828929, Alresford) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Creative Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 8 February 2017 (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) - Visa routes: Creative Worker - First seen on the register: 8 February 2017 - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Alresford - Registered address: Estate Office Folly Hill Farm, Itchen Stoke, Alresford, Hampshire, United Kingdom, SO24 9TF - Companies House number: 09828929 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09828929) - Website: https://thegrangefestival.co.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-grange-festival-alresford-744171 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 12 licensed sponsors in Alresford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/alresford - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 33 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 26 Nov 2025: Director resigned: PONNUSAMY, Sonia. Director change recorded on 26 Nov 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. - 6 Sep 2025: Director resigned: KLEIN ROSEBOOM VAN DER VEER, Jantiene. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 1 Aug 2025: Director resigned: GREENHALGH, Caroline Anne, Dr.. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 8 Jan 2025: New director appointed: KLEIN ROSEBOOM VAN DER VEER, Jantiene. Director change recorded on 8 Jan 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. - 26 Nov 2024: New director appointed: BYRNE, Katharine Helen. Director change recorded on 26 Nov 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. - 22 Nov 2024: New director appointed: WOODS, Peter John. Director change recorded on 22 Nov 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 May 2024: New director appointed: PONNUSAMY, Sonia. Director change recorded on 6 May 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. - 1 May 2024: Director resigned: WILLIAMS, Philip Graham. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 20 Feb 2024: Director resigned: BENTON, Daniel Mark. Director change recorded on 20 Feb 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. - 25 Sep 2023: Director resigned: ASHBURTON, Mark Francis Robert, Lord. Director change recorded on 25 Sep 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 Jul 2023: Director resigned: PARKER, Timothy Charles. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 2 May 2023: New director appointed: BAINES, Oliver Guy Ruffman. Director change recorded on 2 May 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. - 10 Apr 2023: New director appointed: MANTLE, Richard John, Sir. Director change recorded on 10 Apr 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. - 6 Apr 2023: New director appointed: SHAH, Bindesh Premchand. Director change recorded on 6 Apr 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. - 4 Apr 2023: New director appointed: WILLIAMS, Philip Graham. Director change recorded on 4 Apr 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. - 4 Apr 2023: New director appointed: RAE, Douglas James. Director change recorded on 4 Apr 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. - 4 Oct 2022: Director resigned: MORSE, Richard South. Director change recorded on 4 Oct 2022. 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. - 12 Aug 2022: Director resigned: CARUTH, Sophie Louise. Director change recorded on 12 Aug 2022. 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 Apr 2022: New director appointed: GREENHALGH, Caroline Anne, Dr.. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 2022. 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. - 17 Dec 2021: Director resigned: VERRILL, Marie Louise. Director change recorded on 17 Dec 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. - 21 Sep 2021: Director resigned: HADDON-CAVE, Charles Anthony, Sir. Director change recorded on 21 Sep 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. - 21 Sep 2021: Director resigned: JONATHAN, Owen. Director change recorded on 21 Sep 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. - 31 Jan 2021: Secretary resigned: ROSS, Annabel Jean. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 6 Dec 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 6 Dec 2019. 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. - 3 Dec 2019: New director appointed: CARUTH, Sophie Louise. Director change recorded on 3 Dec 2019. 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 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 Grange Festival ### Is The Grange Festival a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Grange Festival in Alresford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Grange Festival sponsor? The Grange Festival is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Grange Festival based? The register lists The Grange Festival at Estate Office Folly Hill Farm, Itchen Stoke, Alresford, Hampshire, United Kingdom, SO24 9TF. 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 09828929. 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-grange-festival-alresford-744171 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-grange-festival-alresford-744171.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.