--- title: "Whitehaven Trust Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/whitehaven-trust-ltd-bristol-752857 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 --- # Whitehaven Trust Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Whitehaven Trust Ltd (Companies House 00398716, Bristol) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 17 March 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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 17 March 2022 - Legal name: WHITEHAVEN TRUST LIMITED - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Bristol - Registered address: Cedar House, 28 Northumbria Drive, Bristol, England, BS9 4HP - Companies House number: 00398716 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00398716) - Website: https://www.whitehaventrust.co.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/whitehaven-trust-ltd-bristol-752857 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,293 licensed sponsors in Bristol: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bristol - One of 17,780 in Healthcare: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/healthcare - Among 1,436 Religious Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/religious-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 12 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 12 May 2026: Director resigned: WILSON, Elizabeth Anne. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: HAUGHTON, Hilary Margaret. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 19 Dec 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Dec 2025. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 16 Dec 2025: New director appointed: POOLE, Linda Margaret. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 20 Jan 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 Jan 2025. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Sep 2024: Director resigned: NEEDHAM, Valerie Margaret. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 15 Aug 2023: New director appointed: SINCLAIR, Jacqueline Richardson. Director change recorded on 15 Aug 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. - 13 May 2023: Director resigned: HUXFORD, Laura. Director change recorded on 13 May 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. - 28 Mar 2023: New director appointed: HAUGHTON, Hilary Margaret. Director change recorded on 28 Mar 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 Oct 2022: Secretary resigned: LORD, Barbara Caroline. Company secretary change recorded on 3 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. - 3 Oct 2022: New secretary appointed: MORGAN, Michael David. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Oct 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 Apr 2022: Director resigned: IVEY, Adrienne Mary. Director change recorded on 9 Apr 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. 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 Whitehaven Trust Ltd ### Is Whitehaven Trust Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Whitehaven Trust Ltd in Bristol 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 Whitehaven Trust Ltd sponsor? Whitehaven Trust Ltd is licensed for Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Whitehaven Trust Ltd based? The register lists Whitehaven Trust Ltd at Cedar House, 28 Northumbria Drive, Bristol, England, BS9 4HP. 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 00398716. 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/whitehaven-trust-ltd-bristol-752857 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/whitehaven-trust-ltd-bristol-752857.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.