--- title: "The Mercian Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-mercian-trust-walsall-758828 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 Mercian Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Mercian Trust (Companies House 07611347, Walsall) 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 25 April 2022 (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: 25 April 2022 - Also known as: Aldridge School - A Science College; New Leaf School; Oakwood School; Q3 Academy Great Barr; Q3 Academy Langley; Q3 Academy Tipton; Rushall Primary School; Shire Oak Academy; The Ladder School; Walsall Studio School - Industry: Education - Town: Walsall - Registered address: Mercian House, Sutton Road, Walsall, West Midlands, England, WS1 2PG - Companies House number: 07611347 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07611347) - Website: https://www.themerciantrust.org - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/the-mercian-trust - 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-mercian-trust-walsall-758828 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 331 licensed sponsors in Walsall: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/walsall - 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 29 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 13 Oct 2026: Corporate-secretary resigned: EDUCATION GOVERNANCE SOLUTIONS LTD. Company secretary change recorded on 13 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 10 Nov 2026. - 13 Oct 2026: New secretary appointed: WARMINGTON, Sharon Priscilla. Company secretary change recorded on 13 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 10 Nov 2026. - 8 Jul 2026: Director resigned: CHANNA, Herminder Kaur, Dr. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 8 Jul 2026: Director resigned: HEARSEY, Rebecca Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 8 Jul 2026: New director appointed: NORMANTON, Timothy. Director change recorded on 8 Jul 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. - 5 Jan 2026: New director appointed: THEPER, Rajinder Kumar. Director change recorded on 5 Jan 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. - 24 Dec 2025: New corporate-secretary appointed: EDUCATION GOVERNANCE SOLUTIONS LTD. Company secretary change recorded on 24 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. - 24 Dec 2025: Secretary resigned: WARMINGTON, Sharon Priscilla. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Dec 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. - 17 Nov 2025: New secretary appointed: WARMINGTON, Sharon Priscilla. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Nov 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. - 10 Nov 2025: Secretary resigned: TIMMIS, Joanne. Company secretary change recorded on 10 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. - 1 Sep 2025: New director appointed: CHANNA, Herminder Kaur, Dr. 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: SMITH, Robert David. 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. - 31 Aug 2025: Director resigned: BONNER, Jane. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 9 Jul 2025: Director resigned: HICKINBOTTOM, Gary Robert, The Rt Hon Sir. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 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 Jun 2025: New director appointed: GOSS, Claire Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 4 Apr 2025: New director appointed: WRIGHT, Robert Annesley. Director change recorded on 4 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2025: Director resigned: QUAYLE, Robert Brisco Macgregor. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 17 Mar 2025: New director appointed: LEVERAGE, Thomas Joseph. Director change recorded on 17 Mar 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. - 22 Oct 2024: New secretary appointed: TIMMIS, Joanne. Company secretary change recorded on 22 Oct 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 Sep 2024: Secretary resigned: WARMINGTON, Sharon Priscilla. Company secretary change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Aug 2024: Director resigned: HARLAND, Mark Alister. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 19 Mar 2024: New secretary appointed: WARMINGTON, Sharon Priscilla. Company secretary change recorded on 19 Mar 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. - 18 Mar 2024: Secretary resigned: TIMMIS, Joanne Louise. Company secretary change recorded on 18 Mar 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. - 23 Jan 2023: New secretary appointed: TIMMIS, Joanne Louise. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Jan 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. - 11 Oct 2022: Director resigned: OLOKE, David Abawon Olugbenga, Dr. Director change recorded on 11 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. - + 4 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 Mercian Trust ### Is The Mercian Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Mercian Trust in Walsall is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Mercian Trust sponsor? The Mercian Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Mercian Trust based? The register lists The Mercian Trust at Mercian House, Sutton Road, Walsall, West Midlands, England, WS1 2PG. 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 07611347. 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-mercian-trust-walsall-758828 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-mercian-trust-walsall-758828.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.