AFUK licensed sponsor · Carlisle, Cumbria · Education
Austin Friars
Austin Friars, Carlisle, Cumbria, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Austin Friars (01894340), active, incorporated in 1985 (41 years ago), registered for other education n.e.c..
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Companies House
Who Austin Friars actually is
- Company number
- 01894340
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 12 March 1985 · 41 years old
- What they do
85590Other education n.e.c.
- Sector
- Education
- Previously
- Austin Friars School (until 2016)
Austin Friars & St Monica's Preparatory School Limited (until 2015)
St. Monica's Preparatory School Limited (until 2003) - Registered office
- Austin Friars School, Etterby Scaur, Carlisle, CA3 9PB
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 9 September 2026.
The register
Austin Friars is licensed to sponsor workers on Skilled Worker. The organisation is based in Carlisle, Cumbria and has held its place on the register since at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating).
Austin Friars is the registered name (Companies House number 01894340), a company limited by guarantee on the register since 1985. Registered office: Austin Friars School, Etterby Scaur, Carlisle, CA3 9PB, CA3 9PB. By its SIC codes the business is in education. It has traded under other names before, including Austin Friars School, Austin Friars & St Monica's Preparatory School Limited.
For a candidate this means one less obstacle: Austin Friars already has the licence most employers would have to apply for. The rest is the ordinary job of getting the interview.
Read the register
A gate, not a guarantee
The register tells you the gate is there. It says nothing about vacancies. For that, Austin Friars's own careers page and the job boards are the source, and they change with the season.
How to approach them
Or come through us
If Austin Friars is the kind of employer you want, register with us. We supply trade tested candidates to UK sponsors and the introduction arrives with the test result.
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For candidates
What you need to work here
- A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
- A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
- A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.
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For employers
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Next time you are recruiting, talk to us first. We supply trade tested drivers, mechanics, welders and fitters, can organise a trip to see candidates tested at our centres, and handle the Certificate of Sponsorship paperwork with you.
- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Trade tested before you see them, not after.
- Nothing is ever charged to the candidate.
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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.
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