--- title: "Bethany Christian Centre: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bethany-christian-centre-houghton-le-spring-784919 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 --- # Bethany Christian Centre: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Bethany Christian Centre (trading as Bethany Church; Companies House 10409374; Houghton le Spring) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Tier 2 Ministers of Religion route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 8 May 2019 (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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 8 May 2019 - Trading as: Bethany Church - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: HOUGHTON LE SPRING - Registered address: Bethany Christian Centre, Hetton Road, Houghton Le Spring, United Kingdom, DH5 8PF - Companies House number: 10409374 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10409374) - Website: https://www.bethanychristiancentre.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/bethany-christian-centre-houghton-le-spring-784919 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 18 licensed sponsors in Houghton Le Spring: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/houghton-le-spring - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 1,961 Minister of Religion sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/minister-of-religion ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 21 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 17 Aug 2026: New director appointed: OVERMAN, Graeme Gordon. Director change recorded on 17 Aug 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. - 17 Mar 2026: New director appointed: ROSE, Simon Marc. Director change recorded on 17 Mar 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. - 1 Jan 2026: New person with significant control: Mr Richard Anthony Rust. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 2026. 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 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mr Peter John Gill as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Dec 2025. 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 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mr David James William Keith as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Dec 2025. 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 Dec 2025: Director resigned: GILL, Peter John. 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: KEITH, David William. 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. - 22 Aug 2025: New director appointed: HENDERSON, Mark Robert. Director change recorded on 22 Aug 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: Cessation of Mr Norman Holmes as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Jan 2025. 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. - 20 Jan 2025: Director resigned: HOLMES, Norman. Director change recorded on 20 Jan 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. - 11 Jul 2022: Cessation of Mr Stephen Anderson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Jul 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. - 11 Jul 2022: Director resigned: ANDERSON, Stephen. Director change recorded on 11 Jul 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. - 27 Apr 2022: Director resigned: BARBER, George. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 8 Apr 2022: New director appointed: RUST, Richard Anthony. Director change recorded on 8 Apr 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 Mar 2022: New person with significant control: Mr Peter John Gill. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 14 Mar 2022: New person with significant control: Mr David James William Keith. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 14 Mar 2022: New person with significant control: Mr Norman Holmes. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 12 Jul 2021: Director resigned: ROBERTS, Kenneth Peter. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 20 Mar 2021: New director appointed: HOLMES, Norman. Director change recorded on 20 Mar 2021. 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. - 30 Oct 2019: Director resigned: WALLACE, David. Director change recorded on 30 Oct 2019. 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. - 13 May 2019: New director appointed: ROBERTS, Kenneth Peter. Director change recorded on 13 May 2019. 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. 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 Bethany Christian Centre ### Is Bethany Christian Centre a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Bethany Christian Centre in HOUGHTON LE SPRING is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Bethany Christian Centre sponsor? Bethany Christian Centre is licensed for Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Bethany Christian Centre based? The register lists Bethany Christian Centre at Bethany Christian Centre, Hetton Road, Houghton Le Spring, United Kingdom, DH5 8PF. 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 10409374. 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/bethany-christian-centre-houghton-le-spring-784919 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bethany-christian-centre-houghton-le-spring-784919.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.