--- title: "Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/diocese-of-hexham-and-newcastle-newcastle-upon-tyne-739529 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 Hexham and Newcastle: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle (Companies House 07732977, Newcastle upon Tyne) 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 16 November 2020 (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: 16 November 2020 - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Newcastle upon Tyne - Registered address: St Cuthberts House, West Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 7PY - Companies House number: 07732977 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07732977) - Website: http://www.wallsend-aidettes.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/diocese-of-hexham-and-newcastle-newcastle-upon-tyne-739529 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 552 licensed sponsors in Newcastle upon Tyne: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/newcastle-upon-tyne - 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 36 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 24 Sep 2026: New director appointed: BARTLEY, Peter Francis. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 4 Mar 2026: Director resigned: DONNELLY, Eamonn Michael. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 8 Oct 2025: Director resigned: COSTIGANE, Helen Bernadette, Sister. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 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. - 10 Jan 2025: Director resigned: LEIGHTON, Peter, Reverend Canon. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 10 Jan 2025: New director appointed: DODDS, Jeffrey John, Father. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 17 Oct 2024: New director appointed: SHORTEN, Michael. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 10 Sep 2024: New director appointed: MCCOURT, Kathleen, Professor. Director change recorded on 10 Sep 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. - 19 Jul 2023: Notification of Bishop Stephen James Lawrence Wright as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 19 Jul 2023. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 19 Jul 2023: Cessation of Most Reverend Malcolm Patrick Mcmahon as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 19 Jul 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. - 19 Jul 2023: Director resigned: MCMAHON, Malcolm Patrick, Most Reverend. Director change recorded on 19 Jul 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. - 19 Jul 2023: New director appointed: WRIGHT, Stephen James Lawrence, Bishop. Director change recorded on 19 Jul 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. - 16 Jun 2023: New director appointed: DONNELLY, Eamonn Michael. Director change recorded on 16 Jun 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 May 2023: New director appointed: O'KEEFE, James, Father. Director change recorded on 31 May 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 May 2023: New director appointed: STEMPCZYK, Martin, Canon. Director change recorded on 31 May 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 May 2023: New director appointed: MILLWARD, Mark, Father. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 26 May 2023: Director resigned: LERCHE, Simon, Reverend Father. Director change recorded on 26 May 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. - 26 May 2023: Director resigned: HAYDEN, Colm Martin, Reverend. Director change recorded on 26 May 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. - 26 May 2023: Director resigned: DODDS, Jeffrey John, Father. Director change recorded on 26 May 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. - 26 May 2023: Director resigned: TUCKWELL, Adrian, Rev. Director change recorded on 26 May 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. - 26 May 2023: Director resigned: FALEY, Andrew James, Reverend Monsignor. Director change recorded on 26 May 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. - 26 May 2023: New director appointed: MURRAY, Lyn. Director change recorded on 26 May 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. - 16 Jan 2023: Notification of Most Reverend Malcolm Patrick Mcmahon as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 16 Jan 2023. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 16 Jan 2023: Cessation of Reverend Canon Peter Leighton as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 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. - 16 Jan 2023: New director appointed: MCMAHON, Malcolm Patrick, Most Reverend. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 14 Dec 2022: Director resigned: BOYLE, Matthew. Director change recorded on 14 Dec 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 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 Hexham and Newcastle ### Is Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle in Newcastle upon Tyne is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle sponsor? Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle 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 Hexham and Newcastle based? The register lists Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle at St Cuthberts House, West Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 7PY. 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 07732977. 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-hexham-and-newcastle-newcastle-upon-tyne-739529 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/diocese-of-hexham-and-newcastle-newcastle-upon-tyne-739529.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.