--- title: "Lutheran Council of Great Britain: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lutheran-council-of-great-britain-london-711387 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 --- # Lutheran Council of Great Britain: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Lutheran Council of Great Britain (trading as Council of Lutheran Churches; London) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Charity Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 22 June 2021 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Charity Worker - First seen on the register: 22 June 2021 - Trading as: Council of Lutheran Churches - Legal name: THE LUTHERAN COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN - Also known as: AUGUSTANA CENTRE; INTERNATIONAL LUTHERAN STUDENT CENTRE - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: London - Companies House number: 00557552 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00557552) - Website: https://www.lutheran.org.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/lutheran-council-of-great-britain-london-711387 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - 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 20 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 13 Oct 2026: Director resigned: HANSEN, Karsten, Reverend. Director change recorded on 13 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 10 Nov 2026. - 13 Dec 2024: Director resigned: HAVGAR, Dag Magnus Hopstock, Revd. Director change recorded on 13 Dec 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. - 12 Jul 2024: Secretary resigned: KRAUSS, Anna, Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 10 Jun 2024: New director appointed: HANSEN, Karsten, Reverend. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 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. - 10 Jun 2024: Director resigned: OSTERLUND, Jan-Eric. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 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. - 10 Jun 2024: Director resigned: JORGENSEN, Tor Berger, Bishop. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 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. - 10 Jun 2024: New director appointed: OMIYALE, Eerika. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 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 Mar 2024: New director appointed: HLAWICZKA, Paulina Ewa, Right Reverend. Director change recorded on 15 Mar 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. - 12 Dec 2023: Director resigned: KORTENIEMI, Salla. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 6 Jun 2023: Director resigned: MASON, Madelaine Roysdotter. Director change recorded on 6 Jun 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. - 6 Jun 2023: Director resigned: BAZARD, Therese. Director change recorded on 6 Jun 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. - 6 Jun 2023: New director appointed: JONSSON, Per Anders. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 14 Mar 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 14 Mar 2023. 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. - 14 Feb 2023: New director appointed: FORD, Alun James, The Revd Dr. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 15 Sep 2022: New director appointed: HALFMANN, Silke, Reverend. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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 Jun 2022: Director resigned: RAPP, Bernd, Rev. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 21 Jun 2022: Director resigned: STEADMAN, Mark John, Revd. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 8 Dec 2021: New director appointed: MASON, Madelaine Roysdotter. Director change recorded on 8 Dec 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. - 29 Oct 2021: Director resigned: BACKELIN, Maria Katarina. Director change recorded on 29 Oct 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. - 1 Jul 2021: Director resigned: HEINLA, Lagle, Revd. Director change recorded on 1 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. 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 Lutheran Council of Great Britain ### Is Lutheran Council of Great Britain a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Lutheran Council of Great Britain in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Lutheran Council of Great Britain sponsor? Lutheran Council of Great Britain is licensed for Charity Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Lutheran Council of Great Britain based? The register lists Lutheran Council of Great Britain at London. 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. 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/lutheran-council-of-great-britain-london-711387 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/lutheran-council-of-great-britain-london-711387.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.