--- title: "Above Bar Church: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/above-bar-church-southampton-789308 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 --- # Above Bar Church: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Above Bar Church (Companies House 06959469, Southampton) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Charity Worker and Religious Worker routes, 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: Charity Worker; Religious Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Southampton - Registered address: 69 Above Bar Street, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 7FE - Companies House number: 06959469 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06959469) - Website: https://www.abovebarchurch.org.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eventbrite - 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/above-bar-church-southampton-789308 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 573 licensed sponsors in Southampton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/southampton - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 1,531 Charity Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-charity ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 49 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Apr 2026: New director appointed: HARKRADER, Callom Bernard Hasher. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2026. 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: BAKER, Martin James. 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. - 27 Nov 2023: New director appointed: HUGHES, Christopher Anthony Rupert. Director change recorded on 27 Nov 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. - 1 Sep 2023: New director appointed: BAKER, Martin James. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2023: New director appointed: PICKUP, Trevor Martin. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 31 Aug 2023: Director resigned: BERRYMAN, Nicholas David. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2023: Director resigned: HUGHES, Christopher Anthony Rupert. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 3 Nov 2022: Secretary resigned: HUDSWELL, Elizabeth Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Nov 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 Nov 2022: Director resigned: FOUNTAIN, Richard Mark. Director change recorded on 3 Nov 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 Nov 2022: New director appointed: JAMES, Joanne Caroline. Director change recorded on 3 Nov 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. - 3 Nov 2022: New secretary appointed: DICK, Karen Michelle. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Nov 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. - 14 Jun 2022: New director appointed: BERRYMAN, Nicholas David. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 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. - 14 Jun 2022: New director appointed: HUGHES, Christopher Anthony Rupert. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 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. - 1 Jun 2022: New secretary appointed: HUDSWELL, Elizabeth Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 1 Jun 2022: New director appointed: THWAITES, Philip. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 1 Jun 2022: New director appointed: DICK, Karen Michelle. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 31 May 2022: Cessation of Mr John Neil Risbidger as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 May 2022. 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. - 31 May 2022: Secretary resigned: CHANTER, Hannah. Company secretary change recorded on 31 May 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. - 31 May 2022: Director resigned: BERRYMAN, Nicholas David. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 31 May 2022: Director resigned: RISBRIDGER, John Neil. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 31 May 2022: Director resigned: WEBB, Christopher Aneurin. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 31 May 2022: Director resigned: HENSTOCK, Timothy John, Professor. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 18 Oct 2021: Director resigned: AKINYEGUN, Olanrewaju, Dr. Director change recorded on 18 Oct 2021. 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. - 18 Oct 2021: Director resigned: CLARK, Benjamin Matthew Thorrington. Director change recorded on 18 Oct 2021. 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. - 18 Oct 2021: Director resigned: BISHOP, Roger. Director change recorded on 18 Oct 2021. 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. - + 24 earlier changes on the web page 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 Above Bar Church ### Is Above Bar Church a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Above Bar Church in Southampton 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 Above Bar Church sponsor? Above Bar Church is licensed for Charity Worker and Religious Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Above Bar Church based? The register lists Above Bar Church at 69 Above Bar Street, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 7FE. 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 06959469. 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/above-bar-church-southampton-789308 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/above-bar-church-southampton-789308.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.