--- title: "Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/oxford-centre-for-religion-and-public-life-oxford-722288 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 --- # Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life (Companies House 05662830, Oxford) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 27 December 2024 (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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 27 December 2024 - Legal name: THE OXFORD CENTRE FOR RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE - Also known as: OCRPL - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Oxford - Companies House number: 05662830 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05662830) - Website: https://www.ocrpl.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/oxford-centre-for-religion-and-public-life-oxford-722288 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 629 licensed sponsors in Oxford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/oxford - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 9 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 21 Sep 2026: Secretary resigned: SUGDEN, Christopher Michael Neville, Canon Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Sep 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. - 21 Sep 2026: New secretary appointed: MITCHELL, Gavin, Reverend. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Sep 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. - 11 Jul 2026: Director resigned: KERSLAKE, Caroline Julia Chenevix. Director change recorded on 11 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. - 21 Mar 2026: Director resigned: JOHN CHRISTOPHER, Joshva Raja, Revd Canon Dr. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 20 Jun 2025: Director resigned: SOOKHDEO, Rosemary Anne. Director change recorded on 20 Jun 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. - 13 May 2025: New director appointed: BANDA, Joshua Harrimon Kaitshuleke, Bishop Dr. Director change recorded on 13 May 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 May 2025: New director appointed: KASERA, Basilius Mbanze, Dr. Director change recorded on 12 May 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. - 9 May 2025: New secretary appointed: SUGDEN, Christopher Michael Neville, Canon Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 9 May 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. - 9 May 2025: Secretary resigned: PHILLIPS, Dhinakaran Robert Jaba Prasad, Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 9 May 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. 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 Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life ### Is Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life in Oxford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life sponsor? Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life based? The register lists Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life at Oxford. 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 05662830. 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/oxford-centre-for-religion-and-public-life-oxford-722288 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/oxford-centre-for-religion-and-public-life-oxford-722288.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.