--- title: "The White Horse Federation: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-white-horse-federation-swindon-693593 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 White Horse Federation: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The White Horse Federation (Companies House 08075785, Swindon) 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 14 May 2020 (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: 14 May 2020 - Also known as: Bowerhill Primary School; Croft Primary School; Devizes School; Drove Primary School; Forest & Sandridge Primary School; Gagle Brook Primary School; Gorse Hill School; Grange Infant School; Grange Junior School; Haydon Wick Primary School - Industry: Education - Town: Swindon - Registered address: The White Horse Federation, Plymouth Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 2LB - Companies House number: 08075785 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08075785) - Website: https://thewhitehorsefederation.org.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-white-horse-federation/ - 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-white-horse-federation-swindon-693593 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 330 licensed sponsors in Swindon: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/swindon - 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 34 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 18 May 2026: Director resigned: CLEVERLY, Simon. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 13 Jun 2025: New director appointed: AWBERY, Roy Paul, Dr. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 20 May 2025: New director appointed: BEER, Matthew James. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Director resigned: NORTON, Jillian Swinburne. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 11 Dec 2024: New director appointed: GUPTA, Deepak. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 16 Oct 2024: Director resigned: TARN, Paul Terence. Director change recorded on 16 Oct 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: POULTON, Kingsley. 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. - 3 Jul 2024: Cessation of Salisbury Diocese Board Of Education as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 3 Jul 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. - 26 Jun 2024: Director resigned: HOPTON, Christopher John. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 28 Apr 2024: New director appointed: POUND, Gaelle. Director change recorded on 28 Apr 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. - 16 Apr 2024: New director appointed: MONTGOMERY, Gordon Scott Alexander. Director change recorded on 16 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2024: Director resigned: SMITH, Paul. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 16 Mar 2024: New secretary appointed: WILKINS, Elizabeth Helen. Company secretary change recorded on 16 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. - 15 Mar 2024: Secretary resigned: GILLEARD, Rachael Helen. Company secretary change recorded on 15 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. - 16 Feb 2024: New director appointed: SIMLER, Anthony Edward Michael. Director change recorded on 16 Feb 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. - 16 Jan 2024: New director appointed: MCVEIGH, Mark William. Director change recorded on 16 Jan 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. - 9 Jan 2024: New director appointed: GRAHAM, Hugh Edward. Director change recorded on 9 Jan 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. - 14 Dec 2023: New secretary appointed: GILLEARD, Rachael Helen. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Dec 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 2023: Director resigned: LEWIS, Richard Mark. Director change recorded on 11 Oct 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. - 21 Jul 2023: Director resigned: SPURRIER, Edward John Marston. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 21 Jul 2023: Director resigned: BECKETT, Nick. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 26 Jun 2023: New director appointed: TARN, Paul Terence. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 26 Jan 2023: Notification of Salisbury Diocese Board Of Education as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 26 Jan 2023. 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. - 5 Dec 2022: Director resigned: NEL, Lisa Veronica. Director change recorded on 5 Dec 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. - 16 Sep 2022: New director appointed: SMITH, Paul. Director change recorded on 16 Sep 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. - + 9 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 White Horse Federation ### Is The White Horse Federation a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The White Horse Federation in Swindon is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The White Horse Federation sponsor? The White Horse Federation is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The White Horse Federation based? The register lists The White Horse Federation at The White Horse Federation, Plymouth Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 2LB. 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 08075785. 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-white-horse-federation-swindon-693593 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-white-horse-federation-swindon-693593.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.