--- title: "The Lotus Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-lotus-academy-trust-thetford-744607 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 Lotus Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Lotus Academy Trust (Companies House 12022245, Thetford) 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 31 October 2024 (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: 31 October 2024 - Legal name: THE LOTUS ACADEMY TRUST LTD - Industry: Education - Town: Thetford - Registered address: The Maltings, Raymond Street, Thetford, England, IP24 2EA - Companies House number: 12022245 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12022245) - Website: https://lotustrust.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-lotus-academy-trust-thetford-744607 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 25 licensed sponsors in Thetford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/thetford - 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 7 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 5 Sep 2026: Director resigned: MANN, Victoria Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 5 Sep 2026: Director resigned: CLIFTON, Susan. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 11 May 2026: Director resigned: WINNEY, Lynn. Director change recorded on 11 May 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. - 20 May 2025: Director resigned: NICHOLAS-JAGO, Georgina Louise. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 11 Nov 2024: Notification of Mrs Navamoney Sandra Govender as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 11 Nov 2024. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 11 Nov 2024: Cessation of Dr Cathleen Susan Catt as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Nov 2024. 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 Nov 2024: Director resigned: CATT, Cathleen Susan, Dr. Director change recorded on 11 Nov 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. 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 Lotus Academy Trust ### Is The Lotus Academy Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Lotus Academy Trust in Thetford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Lotus Academy Trust sponsor? The Lotus Academy Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Lotus Academy Trust based? The register lists The Lotus Academy Trust at The Maltings, Raymond Street, Thetford, England, IP24 2EA. 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 12022245. 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-lotus-academy-trust-thetford-744607 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-lotus-academy-trust-thetford-744607.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.