--- title: "Church Communities UK: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/church-communities-uk-robertsbridge-713381 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 --- # Church Communities UK: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Church Communities UK (trading as PLOUGH PUBLISHING HOUSE; Companies House 00455366; Robertsbridge) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion 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); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: PLOUGH PUBLISHING HOUSE - Also known as: BEECH GROVE COMMUNITY; DARVELL COMMUNITY - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Robertsbridge - Registered address: Darvell, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5DR - Companies House number: 00455366 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00455366) - Website: https://www.churchcommunities.org.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/church-communities-uk-robertsbridge-713381 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 1,436 Religious Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/religious-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 11 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 12 Nov 2025: New secretary appointed: KEIDERLING, Darlene Susanne. Company secretary change recorded on 12 Nov 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. - 11 Jan 2024: New director appointed: SHIRKY, Lara Joy. Director change recorded on 11 Jan 2024. 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. - 5 Jan 2024: Secretary resigned: WINTER, Gregory John. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Jan 2024. 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 Jan 2022: Director resigned: HINE, Joseph Enoch. Director change recorded on 11 Jan 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. - 11 Jan 2022: New director appointed: WRIGHT, Marianne Else. Director change recorded on 11 Jan 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. - 5 Nov 2019: Director resigned: KANG, Sarah Louise. Director change recorded on 5 Nov 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. - 5 Nov 2019: New director appointed: KEIDERLING, Darlene Susanne. Director change recorded on 5 Nov 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. - 20 Nov 2017: New director appointed: KANG, Sarah Louise. Director change recorded on 20 Nov 2017. 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 Nov 2017: Director resigned: MAENDEL, Lawrence Tobias. Director change recorded on 20 Nov 2017. 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 Nov 2017: Director resigned: FISCHLI, Elna Johanna. Director change recorded on 20 Nov 2017. 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 Nov 2017: Director resigned: BARTH, Jorg Simon. Director change recorded on 20 Nov 2017. 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. 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 Church Communities UK ### Is Church Communities UK a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Church Communities UK in Robertsbridge 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 Church Communities UK sponsor? Church Communities UK is licensed for Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Church Communities UK based? The register lists Church Communities UK at Darvell, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5DR. 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 00455366. 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/church-communities-uk-robertsbridge-713381 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/church-communities-uk-robertsbridge-713381.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.