Free Church of Scotland
ActiveLicence & visa routes
An A rating means the sponsor currently meets Home Office duties and can issue Certificates of Sponsorship; a B rating means a time-limited action plan is in place.
Companies House changes
Run a live check≈3.3 in 100 such sponsors lost their licence within 7 months. Score uses register data only — a live check adds the full Companies House record.
Reporting duties
- 30 Jun 2026 — Corporate-director resigned: PROPENSIONS LIMITED. Report via SMS within 20 working days · window closed 28 Jul 2026 — if this was not reported, the licence is at risk
- 21 May 2026 — Cessation of Rev Benjamin Thomas Joel Wilks as a person with significant control. Report via SMS within 20 working days · window closed 18 Jun 2026 — if this was not reported, the licence is at risk
- 21 May 2026 — Cessation of Donald Campbell Forsyth as a person with significant control. Report via SMS within 20 working days · window closed 18 Jun 2026 — if this was not reported, the licence is at risk
- 11 Sept 2025 — New person with significant control: Mr Calum Mark Mcphail. Report via SMS within 20 working days · window closed 9 Oct 2025 — if this was not reported, the licence is at risk
- + 29 earlier duties
Deadlines are 20 working days from the change (bank holidays not counted). Companies House cannot show whether the report was made.
- 30 Jun 2026Corporate-director resigned: PROPENSIONS LIMITED
- 21 May 2026Cessation of Rev Benjamin Thomas Joel Wilks as a person with significant control
- 21 May 2026Cessation of Donald Campbell Forsyth as a person with significant control
- 11 Sept 2025New person with significant control: Mr Calum Mark Mcphail
- 19 Jun 2025Cessation of Mr Hugh Donald Morrison as a person with significant control
- 19 May 2025New person with significant control: Mr Donald Frank Glendinning Macleod
- + 27 earlier events
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Common questions about Free Church of Scotland
- Is Free Church of Scotland a licensed UK visa sponsor?
- Yes. Free Church of Scotland in Edinburgh holds a UK sponsor licence and appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, where it has been listed since 2020. That means it is permitted to sponsor eligible workers from overseas, though a licence is permission to sponsor rather than a guarantee that any particular vacancy is open to sponsorship.
- What visa routes can Free Church of Scotland sponsor?
- Free Church of Scotland is licensed for Charity Worker, Religious Worker, Skilled Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence is recorded on the register as "Temporary Worker (A rating)" — the rating reflects the Home Office's confidence in the sponsor's compliance record.
- Where is Free Church of Scotland based?
- The register lists Free Church of Scotland at Edinburgh. This is the address on the sponsor licence, which is usually the head office — a sponsored role may be based at a different site.
- How current is this information?
- This page is built from the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors. We resync the register daily and keep a dated history of every addition and removal. The register itself is the authoritative source — always confirm on GOV.UK before relying on a licence status.
Registration details
- Companies House
- Not matched
- First on register
- 30 Dec 2020
- Website
- freechurch.org
More in Edinburgh
Source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (updated daily) and Companies House. "First on register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date.