--- title: "DPI - Democratic Progress Institute: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dpi-democratic-progress-institute-london-769845 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 --- # DPI - Democratic Progress Institute: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, DPI - Democratic Progress Institute (Companies House 02922108, London) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Charity Worker and Skilled Worker 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: Charity Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Healthcare - Town: London - Registered address: 11 Guilford Street, London, England, WC1N 1DH - Companies House number: 02922108 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02922108) - Website: https://www.democraticprogress.org - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/democratic-progress-institute/ - 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/dpi-democratic-progress-institute-london-769845 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 17,780 in Healthcare: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/healthcare - Among 1,531 Charity Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-charity ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 8 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 22 Nov 2023: Director resigned: WOOLLARD, Catherine. Director change recorded on 22 Nov 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. - 17 Feb 2023: Director resigned: MUIRHEAD, Jacqueline Mary. Director change recorded on 17 Feb 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. - 17 Feb 2023: New director appointed: BOWCOTT, Owen John, Mr.. Director change recorded on 17 Feb 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. - 13 May 2020: Director resigned: PETRASEK, David. Director change recorded on 13 May 2020. 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 Nov 2019: New director appointed: WOOLLARD, Catherine. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 26 Jun 2018: Secretary resigned: GREEN, Penelope Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Jun 2018. 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 Jun 2018: Director resigned: GREEN, Penelope Jane, Prof. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 2018. 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 May 2017: New person with significant control: Mr Mahmut Yildiz. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 May 2017. 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 DPI - Democratic Progress Institute ### Is DPI - Democratic Progress Institute a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. DPI - Democratic Progress Institute in London 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 DPI - Democratic Progress Institute sponsor? DPI - Democratic Progress Institute is licensed for Charity Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is DPI - Democratic Progress Institute based? The register lists DPI - Democratic Progress Institute at 11 Guilford Street, London, England, WC1N 1DH. 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 02922108. 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/dpi-democratic-progress-institute-london-769845 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dpi-democratic-progress-institute-london-769845.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.