--- title: "The Oakes Trust (Sheffield): UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-oakes-trust-sheffield-sheffield-744758 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 Oakes Trust (Sheffield): UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Oakes Trust (Sheffield) (trading as THE OAKES HOLIDAY CENTRE; Companies House 03364486; Sheffield) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Religious Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (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: Religious Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: THE OAKES HOLIDAY CENTRE - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: SHEFFIELD - Registered address: The Oakes, Oakes Park, Norton, Sheffield, S8 8BA - Companies House number: 03364486 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03364486) - Website: https://www.oakes.org.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/giveasyoulive - 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-oakes-trust-sheffield-sheffield-744758 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 695 licensed sponsors in Sheffield: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/sheffield - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 1,436 Religious Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/religious-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 14 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 23 Sep 2024: New director appointed: TOWARD, Andrew David. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 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. - 21 Jul 2022: New director appointed: GRAHAM, Ross Macgregor. Director change recorded on 21 Jul 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. - 10 Mar 2021: Director resigned: FEHLER, Kate Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 10 Mar 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. - 9 Mar 2021: Director resigned: GERMAN, Eric Paul. Director change recorded on 9 Mar 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. - 18 May 2020: New director appointed: FEHLER, Kate Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 18 May 2020. 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 2020: New director appointed: GERMAN, Eric Paul. Director change recorded on 6 Apr 2020. 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 2020: Director resigned: BELL, Martin, Mr.. Director change recorded on 6 Apr 2020. 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 Mar 2020: Director resigned: THAW, Daniel James. Director change recorded on 6 Mar 2020. 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. - 18 Nov 2019: Director resigned: WILKINSON, Stephen James. Director change recorded on 18 Nov 2019. 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. - 16 Nov 2019: New director appointed: HARVEY, Helen Catherine. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 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. - 16 Nov 2019: New director appointed: BURTON, Ian Alastair. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 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. - 7 May 2019: New director appointed: WILKINSON, Stephen James. Director change recorded on 7 May 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. - 7 May 2019: Director resigned: GERMAN, Eric Paul. Director change recorded on 7 May 2019. 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. - 16 Mar 2019: New director appointed: WILKINSON, Stephen James. Director change recorded on 16 Mar 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. 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 Oakes Trust (Sheffield) ### Is The Oakes Trust (Sheffield) a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Oakes Trust (Sheffield) in SHEFFIELD is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Oakes Trust (Sheffield) sponsor? The Oakes Trust (Sheffield) is licensed for Religious Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Oakes Trust (Sheffield) based? The register lists The Oakes Trust (Sheffield) at The Oakes, Oakes Park, Norton, Sheffield, S8 8BA. 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 03364486. 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-oakes-trust-sheffield-sheffield-744758 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-oakes-trust-sheffield-sheffield-744758.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.