--- title: "University of Cumbria: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/university-of-cumbria-carlisle-749242 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 --- # University of Cumbria: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, University of Cumbria (Companies House 06033238, Carlisle) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Government Authorised Exchange and Skilled Worker routes, 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); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Government Authorised Exchange; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA - Industry: Education - Town: Carlisle - Companies House number: 06033238 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06033238) - Website: https://www.cumbria.ac.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/university-of-cumbria-carlisle-749242 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 90 licensed sponsors in Carlisle: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/carlisle - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 75 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Jul 2026: Director resigned: TATLOW, Pamela Rose. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Jul 2026: Director resigned: PURDHAM, Ian Douglass. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 15 Dec 2025: Director resigned: NALL, Charles William Joseph. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 1 Jul 2025: Director resigned: FATEMIPOUR, Sima. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 20 Mar 2025: Director resigned: THOMAS, Michael, Professor. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 7 Mar 2025: New director appointed: FATEMIPOUR, Sima. Director change recorded on 7 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 Jan 2025: Director resigned: HUTCHINSON, Alice. Director change recorded on 22 Jan 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. - 31 Jul 2024: Director resigned: BATTY, John. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 8 Jul 2024: New director appointed: HUTCHINSON, Alice. Director change recorded on 8 Jul 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. - 7 Jul 2024: Director resigned: NWACHUKWU, Paula. Director change recorded on 7 Jul 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 Oct 2023: New director appointed: THOMAS, Michael, Professor. Director change recorded on 19 Oct 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. - 31 Jul 2023: Director resigned: LEE, John Anthony, Emeritus Professor. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Jul 2023: Director resigned: BUTLAND, Cameron James, Rev. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 4 Jul 2023: New director appointed: NWACHUKWU, Paula. Director change recorded on 4 Jul 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. - 3 Jul 2023: Director resigned: ROBINSON, Annabelle Mary. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 3 Nov 2022: New director appointed: LOVATT, Gary. Director change recorded on 3 Nov 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. - 1 Oct 2022: Director resigned: SWINDLEY, Sarah Catherine. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Jul 2022: Director resigned: BALES, Emma Jane. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 31 Jul 2022: Director resigned: AIKEN, Fiona Mc Phie. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 5 Jul 2022: New director appointed: ROBINSON, Annabelle Mary. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 4 Jul 2022: Director resigned: MCCONNELL, Molly. Director change recorded on 4 Jul 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 Oct 2021: New director appointed: SWINDLEY, Sarah Catherine. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 2021. 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 Jul 2021: Director resigned: DONNELLY, Geoffrey Alan. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 20 May 2021: New director appointed: NALL, Charles William Joseph. Director change recorded on 20 May 2021. 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. - 12 Apr 2021: Director resigned: STANNARD, Jill. Director change recorded on 12 Apr 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. - + 50 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 1 live vacancy tracked for this employer (3 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Lecturer in Medical Sciences · Lancaster - Carlisle · live · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/n_tGIjfWOqSzK_shtgideyk5-rX3BGfT6b3KIc6xrz65rvssjq0o-GxAvsJY7nSdAPxcPhQsFOnj5egBiPLEmM6a-HwW_8u_iKHE9DSmLlvZqNnRwuQbtruo4QcSHhMSqHDLuuoft7GkoUaruuf4uVHPVexjb_Wmp0hPAO6VDxtdUktYP-GJeWmR28ZMR201JNjOaFj-uks3IFiCqJhH2cZ5jh6zOtN64RZLYsNrllI - Lecturer in Midwifery · Lancaster · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/PT87QL3ZhVR7L8PqnSHmHblPWtr0SoY4Rea8Aaysxi39isOey-tApaTTN-883frLzmj3uFbwVyx5RekN57k3uBGEnxOckMO94YY_xFeIiXwcS3a1jm03HJykCeVwVcwDA2ITUM5VOSbeklkI9mBCaUOTmOMoCzh9VDgNwvB08IycYgEAUlCp007siJaErRAwbOdex-49U7l6ydwep1YNGJXxdh7GsKG0uPUFd4mqamY - Senior Research Fellow · United Kingdom · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/BWaBavniB_ySmdT0785LNrViKisuBNtZZGhBT7bL4ZQEYCqsFbJ1Ss3ivTl-x8nQMLS_JZgRDgU8sW_Xcwsgtwdu9kLumhzaDziMZIoBuGUOjgnenfjkzZJCsX9b76FA58ngjwsMvkhMVZj-KGGGc1s-2cT7D1y3G4ZUuTl2L3QDCMpzwMH39-b__HbPnZ6XLRcANIuz3Hc1U7QTO36UgQ-tR5noU41MX2LdNoNx8LQ All listings: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/jobs?sponsorId=749242&employer=University%20of%20Cumbria A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about University of Cumbria ### Is University of Cumbria a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. University of Cumbria in Carlisle 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 University of Cumbria sponsor? University of Cumbria is licensed for Government Authorised Exchange and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Does University of Cumbria have any jobs open right now? We are currently tracking 1 live vacancy from University of Cumbria on UK job boards. Not every job offers sponsorship, so check the advert or ask the employer. ### Where is University of Cumbria based? The register lists University of Cumbria at Carlisle. 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 06033238. 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/university-of-cumbria-carlisle-749242 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/university-of-cumbria-carlisle-749242.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.