--- title: "Diocese of Down & Connor: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/diocese-of-down-and-connor-belfast-685357 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 --- # Diocese of Down & Connor: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Diocese of Down & Connor (Companies House NI058844, Belfast) 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 - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Belfast - Companies House number: NI058844 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI058844) - Website: http://www.downandconnor.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/diocese-of-down-and-connor-belfast-685357 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 537 licensed sponsors in Belfast: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/belfast - 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 40 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 26 Feb 2026: Director resigned: MCGINN, Gerard Majella Joseph. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 29 May 2025: New director appointed: STEWART, Amanda. Director change recorded on 29 May 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. - 3 Oct 2024: New director appointed: O'PREY, James Paul. Director change recorded on 3 Oct 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. - 30 May 2024: Director resigned: MCKENNA, Nicholas. Director change recorded on 30 May 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. - 30 May 2024: Director resigned: KELLY, Rose Gabrielle. Director change recorded on 30 May 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. - 19 Mar 2024: New person with significant control: Bishop Alexander Aloysius Mcguckian. Change to people with significant control recorded on 19 Mar 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. - 19 Mar 2024: Cessation of Bishop Donal Mckeown as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 19 Mar 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. - 19 Mar 2024: Director resigned: MCKEOWN, Donal, Bishop. Director change recorded on 19 Mar 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. - 19 Mar 2024: New director appointed: MCGUCKIAN, Alexander Aloysius, Bishop. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 28 Feb 2024: Director resigned: HEENAN, Brenda. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 28 Feb 2024: New director appointed: SKELLY, Nicola Marie. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 28 Feb 2024: New director appointed: HUNT, Maeve. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 2 Mar 2023: New director appointed: SPENCE, Michael, Father. Director change recorded on 2 Mar 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. - 22 Jan 2023: New person with significant control: Bishop Donal Mckeown. Change to people with significant control recorded on 22 Jan 2023. 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. - 22 Jan 2023: Cessation of Most Reverend Noel Treanor as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 22 Jan 2023. 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. - 22 Jan 2023: New director appointed: MCKEOWN, Donal, Bishop. Director change recorded on 22 Jan 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. - 22 Jan 2023: Director resigned: TREANOR, Bishop Noel. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 29 Oct 2022: Director resigned: GLOVER, Joseph Majella, Rev. Director change recorded on 29 Oct 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. - 29 Sep 2022: Director resigned: DELARGY, Patrick, Very Reverend. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 29 Sep 2022: New director appointed: GRAHAM, Martin, Very Reverend. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 4 Oct 2019: Secretary resigned: O'NEILL, Tiarnan. Company secretary change recorded on 4 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. - 4 Oct 2019: New secretary appointed: HUGHES, Gareth Peter. Company secretary change recorded on 4 Oct 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. - 5 Oct 2017: New director appointed: HEENAN, Brenda. Director change recorded on 5 Oct 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. - 5 Oct 2017: New director appointed: DELARGY, Patrick, Very Reverend. Director change recorded on 5 Oct 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. - 5 Oct 2017: New director appointed: SCULLION, Michael Joseph. Director change recorded on 5 Oct 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. - + 15 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 Diocese of Down & Connor ### Is Diocese of Down & Connor a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Diocese of Down & Connor in Belfast 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 Diocese of Down & Connor sponsor? Diocese of Down & Connor is licensed for Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Diocese of Down & Connor based? The register lists Diocese of Down & Connor at Belfast. 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 NI058844. 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/diocese-of-down-and-connor-belfast-685357 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/diocese-of-down-and-connor-belfast-685357.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.