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Leeds Culture Trust

Leeds, West Yorkshire · Currently licensed

Leeds Culture Trust holds a Home Office sponsor licence and appears on the register of licensed sponsors published 27 Oct 2026. It can sponsor overseas nationals for the Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa), and its A rating means it can assign Certificates of Sponsorship normally.

First seen on register: 2 Sep 2021
Last confirmed: 27 Oct 2026 (latest edition)

Visa routes this sponsor is licensed for

Route	Visa it allows the sponsor to support	Rating	Since
Skilled Worker Worker	Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa) The main UK work visa. Lets the sponsor employ overseas nationals in eligible skilled jobs, from nurses and care workers to engineers, chefs and software developers, for up to 5 years at a time, with a route to settlement.	A rating	15 Jul 2022

Previous route spans

Route	Visa	Rating	From	To
Creative Worker Worker	Creative Worker visa	A rating	11 Oct 2021	29 Aug 2024
Creative & Sporting Temporary Worker	Creative and Sporting visa (closed 2021)	A rating	2 Sep 2021	7 Oct 2021

Ratings: Full compliance. The sponsor can assign Certificates of Sponsorship and recruit from overseas normally. Downgraded after compliance concerns. The sponsor is on a time-limited action plan with the Home Office and cannot sponsor new workers until it is restored to an A rating. Failure to complete the plan leads to revocation. More.

Licence history

30 Aug 2024
Route removed
No longer licensed for the Creative Worker route (Creative Worker visa).
15 Jul 2022
Route added
Licensed for the Skilled Worker route with A rating: Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa).
11 Oct 2021
Route removed
No longer licensed for the Creative & Sporting route (Creative and Sporting visa (closed 2021)).
11 Oct 2021
Route added
Licensed for the Creative Worker route with A rating: Creative Worker visa.
2 Sep 2021
Added to register
First appeared on the register of licensed sponsors.

Companies House

Companies House records this company as Liquidation. A dissolved company cannot employ anyone, so a licence still listed against it is either lagging the register or held by a successor entity. Verify before relying on it.

Company: LEEDS CULTURE TRUST 10674601 matched
Status: Liquidation
Type: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated: 16 Mar 2017
Registered office: 3RD FLOOR, 10 SOUTH PARADE, LEEDS, LS1 5QS
Nature of business: 90010 - Performing arts
90020 - Support activities to performing arts
90030 - Artistic creation

Matched from the Companies House monthly bulk data by company name and registered town. The sponsor register itself carries no company number.

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