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Big Kid Entertainment

Crewe, NULL · Currently licensed

Big Kid Entertainment holds a Home Office sponsor licence and appears on the register of licensed sponsors published 27 Oct 2026. It can sponsor overseas nationals for 2 visa routes, and its A rating means it can assign Certificates of Sponsorship normally.

First seen on register: 23 Jun 2021 (already licensed when daily CSV publication began; the licence may be older)
Last confirmed: 27 Oct 2026 (latest edition)
Listing spells: 2 (removed and re-listed 1 time)

Visa routes this sponsor is licensed for

Route	Visa it allows the sponsor to support	Rating	Since
Creative Worker Temporary Worker	Creative Worker visa For theatres, production companies, orchestras and similar bringing in performers, artists and crew for up to 12 months (24 in some cases).	A rating	10 Oct 2025
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	10 Oct 2025

Previous route spans

Route	Visa	Rating	From	To
Creative Worker Worker	Creative Worker visa	A rating	11 Oct 2021	22 Aug 2025
Creative & Sporting Temporary Worker	Creative and Sporting visa (closed 2021)	A rating	23 Jun 2021	7 Oct 2021
Skilled Worker Worker	Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa)	A rating	23 Jun 2021	22 Aug 2025

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

27 Nov 2025
Rating changed
Creative Worker: B to A. Restored to full compliance after completing an action plan.
27 Nov 2025
Rating changed
Skilled Worker: B to A. Restored to full compliance after completing an action plan.
10 Oct 2025
Re-listed on register
Listed again after an absence, typically after a suspension was lifted or a new licence granted.
26 Aug 2025
Removed from register
No longer listed, so unable to sponsor new visas from this date. Last seen in the edition of 22 Aug 2025. The register does not state the reason.
1 Nov 2024
Rating changed
Creative Worker: A (SME+) to A.
1 Nov 2024
Rating changed
Skilled Worker: A (SME+) to A.
1 Nov 2023
Rating changed
Creative Worker: A to A (SME+).
1 Nov 2023
Rating changed
Skilled Worker: A to A (SME+).
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.

Companies House

Company: BIG KID ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED 05520729 matched
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 28 Jul 2005
Registered office: 29 ELMSTEAD CRESCENT, CREWE, CW1 3PX
Nature of business: 90010 - Performing arts
90020 - Support activities to performing arts
90040 - Operation of arts facilities
96090 - Other service activities n.e.c.

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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