--- title: "Leeds Diocesan Board Of Finance: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/leeds-diocesan-board-of-finance-leeds-708871 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 --- # Leeds Diocesan Board Of Finance: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Leeds Diocesan Board Of Finance (trading as The Diocese of Leeds; Companies House 08823593; Leeds) 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 10 December 2014 (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: 10 December 2014 - Trading as: The Diocese of Leeds - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Leeds - Registered address: 17/19 York Place, Leeds, England, LS1 2EX - Companies House number: 08823593 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08823593) - Website: https://www.leeds.anglican.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/leeds-diocesan-board-of-finance-leeds-708871 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,083 licensed sponsors in Leeds: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leeds - 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 87 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Dec 2025: Director resigned: BAINES, Nicholas, Right Reverend. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 11 Jun 2025: New director appointed: CHAMBERLAIN, Malcolm Leslie, The Rt Revd. Director change recorded on 11 Jun 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 Apr 2025: New director appointed: LAZENBY, Roger Andrew. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 7 Apr 2025: New director appointed: BULLOCK, Ian, The Revd. Director change recorded on 7 Apr 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. - 22 Mar 2025: New director appointed: ALI, Jan. Director change recorded on 22 Mar 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. - 12 Mar 2025: Director resigned: ALI, Jan. Director change recorded on 12 Mar 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. - 6 Jan 2025: Director resigned: THOMPSON, Christopher Gordon. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 1 Nov 2024: New director appointed: MEREDITH, James Edward. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 31 Oct 2024: Director resigned: LAZENBY, Roger Andrew. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 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. - 19 Oct 2024: New director appointed: WARNETT, John Irving. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 19 Oct 2024: New director appointed: BANISTER, Marilyn. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 16 Oct 2024: Director resigned: WARNETT, John Irving. Director change recorded on 16 Oct 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. - 16 Oct 2024: Director resigned: EVANS, Jane Catherine. Director change recorded on 16 Oct 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. - 16 Oct 2024: Director resigned: BANISTER, Marilyn. Director change recorded on 16 Oct 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. - 31 Aug 2024: Director resigned: ROBINSON, Anthony William, The Rt Reverend. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 22 Jun 2023: New director appointed: ELTRINGHAM, Anna, Bishop. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 22 Jun 2023: New director appointed: PRASADAM, Madhu Smitha, The Rt Revd. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 18 Apr 2023: New director appointed: LAZENBY, Roger Andrew. Director change recorded on 18 Apr 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. - 18 Apr 2023: New director appointed: WADDINGTON, Gary Richard, The Revd. Director change recorded on 18 Apr 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. - 18 Apr 2023: New director appointed: PATTINSON, Richard Anthony. Director change recorded on 18 Apr 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. - 3 Feb 2023: Director resigned: HARTLEY, Helen-Ann Macleod, Rt Revd Dr. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 16 Nov 2022: Director resigned: WRIGHT, Nigel Christopher James, The Revd. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 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. - 15 Jul 2022: New director appointed: ARORA, Arun, The Rt Revd. Director change recorded on 15 Jul 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. - 24 May 2022: Director resigned: GIBBS, Jonathan Robert, The Right Reverend Dr. Director change recorded on 24 May 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. - 16 Mar 2022: Director resigned: FITZSIMONS, Kathryn Anne, The Revd Canon. Director change recorded on 16 Mar 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. - + 62 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 Leeds Diocesan Board Of Finance ### Is Leeds Diocesan Board Of Finance a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Leeds Diocesan Board Of Finance in Leeds is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Leeds Diocesan Board Of Finance sponsor? Leeds Diocesan Board Of Finance 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 Leeds Diocesan Board Of Finance based? The register lists Leeds Diocesan Board Of Finance at 17/19 York Place, Leeds, England, LS1 2EX. 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 08823593. 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/leeds-diocesan-board-of-finance-leeds-708871 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/leeds-diocesan-board-of-finance-leeds-708871.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.