--- title: "Vivat Music Foundation: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/vivat-music-foundation-alpheton-691639 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 --- # Vivat Music Foundation: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Vivat Music Foundation (Companies House 07149999, Alpheton) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Creative 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: Creative Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Alpheton - Registered address: The Old Rectory, Old Bury Road, Alpheton, Suffolk, CO10 9BT - Companies House number: 07149999 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07149999) - Website: https://vivatmusic.com - 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/vivat-music-foundation-alpheton-691639 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 12 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 3 Oct 2023: Director resigned: HOFFMAN, Kenneth Taylor. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 20 Sep 2023: New person with significant control: Dr Peter Thomas Nardone. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Sep 2023. 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. - 20 Sep 2023: Cessation of Mr Kenneth Taylor Hoffman as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Sep 2023. 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. - 16 Jun 2023: New director appointed: NARDONE, Peter Thomas, Dr. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 24 Nov 2020: New person with significant control: Ms Helen Margaret Smart Aka Sykes. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Nov 2020. 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. - 24 Nov 2020: New director appointed: SMART AKA SYKES, Helen Margaret. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 24 Aug 2020: Cessation of Mrs Elizabeth Anne Phillips as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Aug 2020. 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. - 24 Aug 2020: Director resigned: PHILLIPS, Elizabeth Anne. Director change recorded on 24 Aug 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. - 21 Apr 2017: New person with significant control: Mr Kenneth Taylor Hoffman. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Apr 2017. 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. - 21 Apr 2017: New director appointed: HOFFMAN, Kenneth Taylor. Director change recorded on 21 Apr 2017. 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 2016: New person with significant control: Mrs Elizabeth Anne Phillips. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Nicholas Ian Orbell. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. 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 Vivat Music Foundation ### Is Vivat Music Foundation a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Vivat Music Foundation in Alpheton 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 Vivat Music Foundation sponsor? Vivat Music Foundation is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Vivat Music Foundation based? The register lists Vivat Music Foundation at The Old Rectory, Old Bury Road, Alpheton, Suffolk, CO10 9BT. 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 07149999. 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/vivat-music-foundation-alpheton-691639 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/vivat-music-foundation-alpheton-691639.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.