--- title: "Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/manchester-diocesan-board-of-finance-bury-712647 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 --- # Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance (Companies House 00149999, Bury) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Religious Worker, Skilled Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 15 August 2023 (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: Religious Worker; Skilled Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 15 August 2023 - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: BURY - Registered address: Church House, 90 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2GH - Companies House number: 00149999 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00149999) - Website: https://www.manchester.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/manchester-diocesan-board-of-finance-bury-712647 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 148 licensed sponsors in Bury: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bury - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 1,436 Religious Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/religious-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 19 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Jul 2026: Director resigned: MANN, Rachel, Canon Revd. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 7 May 2026: Secretary resigned: WELDON, David. Company secretary change recorded on 7 May 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. - 1 Apr 2026: New secretary appointed: WELDON, David. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2026: Secretary resigned: PLATTS, Helen Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Mar 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 Sep 2025: Director resigned: BULL, Philippa Catherine. Director change recorded on 18 Sep 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. - 15 Aug 2025: Director resigned: SUMSION, Paul Henry, Revd. Director change recorded on 15 Aug 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. - 15 Mar 2025: New director appointed: BULL, Philippa Catherine. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 15 Mar 2025: New director appointed: EDWARDS, Anne Joan, Rev Canon. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 15 Mar 2025: Director resigned: EDWARDS, Anne Joan, Rev Canon. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Director resigned: HODCROFT, Iain Peter. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Director resigned: READ, Michael Antony, Revd. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Director resigned: MYCOCK, Linda. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Director resigned: LIGHTBOURNE, Hyacinth, Canon. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Director resigned: MICKLETHWAITE, Barbara. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Director resigned: BILLSON, Philip John. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Director resigned: WICKENS, Andrew Peter, Revd. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 19 Oct 2024: Director resigned: MACKERETH, Yvonne Muriel. Director change recorded on 19 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: Director resigned: BLINKHORN, Phillip Steel. Director change recorded on 19 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 Mar 2024: Director resigned: SHARPLES, David John, Rev.. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. 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 Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance ### Is Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance in BURY is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance sponsor? Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance is licensed for Religious Worker, Skilled Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance based? The register lists Manchester Diocesan Board of Finance at Church House, 90 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2GH. 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 00149999. 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/manchester-diocesan-board-of-finance-bury-712647 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/manchester-diocesan-board-of-finance-bury-712647.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.