--- title: "Divine Television Foundation Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/divine-television-foundation-ltd-ramsgate-783757 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 --- # Divine Television Foundation Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Divine Television Foundation Ltd (trading as Divine Retreat Centre UK; Companies House 06745677; Ramsgate) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Religious Worker, Skilled Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 16 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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Religious Worker; Skilled Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 16 May 2019 - Trading as: Divine Retreat Centre UK - Also known as: DIVINE TV; Divine Retreat Centre - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Ramsgate - Registered address: St Augustine's Abbey, Divine Retreat Centre Uk,, St. Augustine's Road, Ramsgate, Kent, England, CT11 9PA - Companies House number: 06745677 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06745677) - Website: https://www.divineuk.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/divine-television-foundation-ltd-ramsgate-783757 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 41 licensed sponsors in Ramsgate: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/ramsgate - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,436 Religious Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/religious-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 15 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 7 Aug 2025: Secretary resigned: JOSEPH, Lijo, Rev. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Aug 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. - 7 Aug 2025: Director resigned: PAREKKATTIL OUSEPH, Poulose, Rev.Fr. Director change recorded on 7 Aug 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. - 7 Aug 2025: Director resigned: JOHN, Francis Cheruparampil, Rev. Director change recorded on 7 Aug 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. - 7 Aug 2025: New secretary appointed: PALLICHAMKUDIYIL PAULOSE, Fr Sudhin, Rev. Company secretary change recorded on 7 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. - 30 Oct 2024: New director appointed: JOSEPH, Denny, Rev. Director change recorded on 30 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 Oct 2024: New director appointed: PAYYAPILLY, Vijay Michael Antony, Rev. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 15 Sep 2023: New director appointed: PALLICHAMKUDIYIL PAULOSE, Sudhin, Rev. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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 Jun 2022: New director appointed: PAREKKATTIL OUSEPH, Poulose, Rev.Fr. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 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. - 1 Jun 2022: Director resigned: THOMAS, Binoy Nilayattingal, Fr. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 1 Jun 2022: Director resigned: SEBASTIAN, Shibu, Fr. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 7 Jul 2021: Director resigned: ANTONY, Thomas. Director change recorded on 7 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. - 11 Oct 2020: New director appointed: JOHN, Francis Cheruparampil, Rev. Director change recorded on 11 Oct 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. - 11 Oct 2020: New director appointed: THEKKANATH, Antony, Rev. Director change recorded on 11 Oct 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. - 16 Aug 2020: New secretary appointed: JOSEPH, Lijo, Rev. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Aug 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 Dec 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 31 Dec 2019. 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. 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 Divine Television Foundation Ltd ### Is Divine Television Foundation Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Divine Television Foundation Ltd in Ramsgate 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 Divine Television Foundation Ltd sponsor? Divine Television Foundation Ltd is licensed for Religious Worker, Skilled Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Divine Television Foundation Ltd based? The register lists Divine Television Foundation Ltd at St Augustine's Abbey, Divine Retreat Centre Uk,, St. Augustine's Road, Ramsgate, Kent, England, CT11 9PA. 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 06745677. 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/divine-television-foundation-ltd-ramsgate-783757 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/divine-television-foundation-ltd-ramsgate-783757.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.