--- title: "Land of Joy: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/land-of-joy-hexham-708246 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 --- # Land of Joy: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Land of Joy (trading as Greenhaugh Hall Greenhaugh; Companies House 07397643; Hexham) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Charity Worker, Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 8 September 2017 (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; Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 8 September 2017 - Trading as: Greenhaugh Hall Greenhaugh - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Hexham - Registered address: Land Of Joy, Greenhaugh, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 1PP - Companies House number: 07397643 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07397643) - Website: https://landofjoy.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/land-of-joy-hexham-708246 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 27 licensed sponsors in Hexham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hexham - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - 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 31 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 18 Jul 2026: Director resigned: WELLS, Paul Terry. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 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. - 18 Feb 2026: Director resigned: WATSON, Laura Anne. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 18 Feb 2026: New director appointed: RUSSELL, Alan. Director change recorded on 18 Feb 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. - 25 Apr 2025: Director resigned: HALFORD, Elizabeth Jane. Director change recorded on 25 Apr 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. - 18 Jul 2024: New director appointed: WELLS, Paul Terry. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 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. - 18 Jul 2024: New director appointed: KENYON, Chris. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 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. - 27 Jan 2024: Director resigned: SLEIGHT, Carole. Director change recorded on 27 Jan 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. - 27 Jan 2024: Director resigned: ELLIOTT, Charlotte Matsue. Director change recorded on 27 Jan 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. - 7 Nov 2023: Director resigned: BOWLEY, Adam Peter. Director change recorded on 7 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. - 16 Oct 2023: New director appointed: GILLIBRAND, Jo. Director change recorded on 16 Oct 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 Oct 2023: New director appointed: CANDOLFI, Sandra. Director change recorded on 16 Oct 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. - 20 Jan 2023: New director appointed: WATSON, Laura Anne. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 Jan 2023: New director appointed: HALFORD, Elizabeth Jane. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 Jan 2023: Director resigned: FLETCHER, Olivia Rachel. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 Jan 2023: Director resigned: CUTTS, Daniel Stanley. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 Jan 2023: Director resigned: RATTUE, Cherry Frances. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 21 Jan 2022: New director appointed: BOWLEY, Adam Peter. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 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. - 21 Jul 2021: New director appointed: FLETCHER, Olivia Rachel. Director change recorded on 21 Jul 2021. 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. - 24 Jan 2021: New director appointed: SLEIGHT, Carole. Director change recorded on 24 Jan 2021. 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. - 24 Jan 2021: Director resigned: BELL, Kerrigan. Director change recorded on 24 Jan 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. - 23 Apr 2020: Director resigned: CHARLTON, Robert Stanley. Director change recorded on 23 Apr 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. - 25 Jan 2020: New director appointed: CUTTS, Daniel Stanley. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 24 Jan 2020: Director resigned: JUKES, Geoffrey Andrew. Director change recorded on 24 Jan 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. - 30 Jul 2019: New director appointed: TATE, Sharon Frances. Director change recorded on 30 Jul 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. - 9 Jun 2019: Director resigned: MURRAY, Mike Duncan. Director change recorded on 9 Jun 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. - + 6 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 Land of Joy ### Is Land of Joy a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Land of Joy in Hexham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Land of Joy sponsor? Land of Joy is licensed for Charity Worker, Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Land of Joy based? The register lists Land of Joy at Land Of Joy, Greenhaugh, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 1PP. 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 07397643. 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/land-of-joy-hexham-708246 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/land-of-joy-hexham-708246.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.