--- title: "New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/new-kadampa-tradition-international-kadampa-buddhist-union-ulverston-770329 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 --- # New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union (Companies House 02758093, Ulverston) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (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; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Also known as: INTERNATIONAL KADAMPA BUDDHIST UNION (IKBU); MANJUSHRI KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE (MKMC); THARPA PUBLICATIONS; Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Ulverston - Registered address: Conishead Priory, Priory Road,, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9QQ - Companies House number: 02758093 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02758093) - Website: https://kadampa.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/new-kadampa-tradition-international-kadampa-buddhist-union-ulverston-770329 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 24 licensed sponsors in Ulverston: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/ulverston - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 10 Apr 2026: Director resigned: WRIGHT, Heather Carolyn. Director change recorded on 10 Apr 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. - 10 Apr 2026: New director appointed: HUGHES, Claire Dawn. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 29 Nov 2023: New director appointed: CANSDALE, Mary Estelle, Ms.. Director change recorded on 29 Nov 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. - 28 Nov 2023: Director resigned: ANDREWS, Jennifer Jane. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 5 Aug 2021: Director resigned: BOSELEY, Paul Anthony Philip. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2021: New director appointed: DEVINE, Lisa Marie. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 1 May 2018: New director appointed: BOSELEY, Paul Anthony Philip. Director change recorded on 1 May 2018. 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 2018: Director resigned: LEVY, Roland Jacques. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 2018. 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 Jan 2016: Director resigned: WIRTH, Monika Elisabeth. Director change recorded on 10 Jan 2016. 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 Jan 2016: New director appointed: SHEFVELAND, Henry Freymueller. Director change recorded on 10 Jan 2016. 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. - 23 Mar 2014: New director appointed: LEVY, Roland Jacques. Director change recorded on 23 Mar 2014. 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 Feb 2014: Director resigned: LEVY, Laurence Dominic. Director change recorded on 27 Feb 2014. 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 New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union ### Is New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union in Ulverston is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union sponsor? New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union is licensed for Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union based? The register lists New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union at Conishead Priory, Priory Road,, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 9QQ. 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 02758093. 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/new-kadampa-tradition-international-kadampa-buddhist-union-ulverston-770329 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/new-kadampa-tradition-international-kadampa-buddhist-union-ulverston-770329.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.