--- title: "City Valley Church: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/city-valley-church-shipley-805280 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 --- # City Valley Church: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, City Valley Church (Companies House 08812890, Shipley) 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 20 September 2018 (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: 20 September 2018 - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Shipley - Registered address: 16 Sorrel Way, Baildon, Shipley, BD17 7QG - Companies House number: 08812890 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08812890) - Website: https://cityvalley.org - 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/city-valley-church-shipley-805280 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 39 licensed sponsors in Shipley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/shipley - 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 23 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 28 Sep 2026: Director resigned: DUNN, Andrew Stuart. Director change recorded on 28 Sep 2026. 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. - 15 Sep 2026: New director appointed: INNOCENTE, Antonio Alfredo. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 15 Sep 2026: New director appointed: NOBBS, David Peter. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 16 Mar 2026: Director resigned: GOLDING, Graham. Director change recorded on 16 Mar 2026. 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 Mar 2025: Cessation of Mr Vivian Miles Prior as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 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 Mar 2025: Cessation of Mr Stewart Richard Morris as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 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 Mar 2025: Cessation of Mr Matthew John Small as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 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 Mar 2025: Cessation of Mr Alistair Curd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 6 Jan 2025: New director appointed: DUNN, Andrew Stuart. Director change recorded on 6 Jan 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. - 19 Dec 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Dec 2024. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 8 Dec 2024: Cessation of Mr Mark Peter Cowley as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Dec 2024. 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. - 28 Aug 2024: Director resigned: COWLEY, Mark Peter. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 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. - 5 Mar 2024: New director appointed: HAYES, Jonathan Paul. Director change recorded on 5 Mar 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 2023: Director resigned: SMALL, Mayme. Director change recorded on 5 Jan 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. - 12 Dec 2022: New person with significant control: Mr Vivian Miles Prior. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 9 Jun 2021: Director resigned: KEIGHTLEY, Rachel. Director change recorded on 9 Jun 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 Mar 2020: New director appointed: SMALL, Mayme. Director change recorded on 24 Mar 2020. 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. - 24 Mar 2020: New director appointed: DA CONCEIÇÃO RUNGO SALMON, Laura Anne. Director change recorded on 24 Mar 2020. 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 Oct 2019: Director resigned: PARKINSON, Louise. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 18 Oct 2018: New person with significant control: Mr Stewart Richard Morris. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Oct 2018. 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. - 18 Oct 2018: New person with significant control: Mr Matthew John Small. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Oct 2018. 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. - 18 Oct 2018: New person with significant control: Mr Alistair Curd. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Oct 2018. 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. - 18 Oct 2018: New person with significant control: Mr Mark Peter Cowley. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Oct 2018. 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. 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 City Valley Church ### Is City Valley Church a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. City Valley Church in Shipley is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can City Valley Church sponsor? City Valley Church is licensed for Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is City Valley Church based? The register lists City Valley Church at 16 Sorrel Way, Baildon, Shipley, BD17 7QG. 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 08812890. 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/city-valley-church-shipley-805280 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/city-valley-church-shipley-805280.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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