--- title: "Pioneers UK Ministries: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/pioneers-uk-ministries-doncaster-777688 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 --- # Pioneers UK Ministries: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Pioneers UK Ministries (trading as Pioneers UK & Ireland; Companies House 02917955; Doncaster) 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 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: Charity Worker; Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: Pioneers UK & Ireland - Also known as: ACTION PARTNERS; ACTION PARTNERS - PIONEERS; PIONEERS UK - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Doncaster - Registered address: Bawtry Hall, Bawtry, Doncaster, DN10 6JH - Companies House number: 02917955 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02917955) - Website: https://www.pioneers-uk.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/pioneers-uk-ministries-doncaster-777688 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 223 licensed sponsors in Doncaster: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/doncaster - 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 37 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 20 Jun 2026: Director resigned: ARYEE, Ebenezer Ayitey, Rev. Director change recorded on 20 Jun 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 2026: New director appointed: LAWRENCE, Helen Margaret. Director change recorded on 20 Jun 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. - 20 Jun 2026: New director appointed: MEREDITH, David Cameron, Rev. Director change recorded on 20 Jun 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. - 20 Feb 2026: Director resigned: SEDRAK, John. Director change recorded on 20 Feb 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: HYDE, Michael Stuart. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 13 Apr 2025: Cessation of Mr Stephen John Carling as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 Apr 2025. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 13 Apr 2025: Cessation of Dr Julie Ruth Hickson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 Apr 2025. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 7 Apr 2025: New director appointed: SEDRAK, John. 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. - 7 Apr 2025: New director appointed: HYDE, Michael Stuart. 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. - 7 Apr 2025: New director appointed: MAGGS, Elizabeth Rosemary. 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. - 7 Apr 2025: New director appointed: MATEER, Robert Alexander. 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. - 7 Apr 2025: New director appointed: BUTLER, Karl Oscar Johan. 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. - 31 Jan 2024: Director resigned: BARTHOW, Jenny. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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 Jan 2024: Director resigned: BIGNELL, Charis Julie, Dr. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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 Jan 2024: Director resigned: MADDOCK, David Robert. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 30 Dec 2023: Director resigned: CLAYTON, Charles William. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 30 Dec 2023: Director resigned: REGISTER, Catherine Jane. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 20 Apr 2023: Director resigned: GORDON, Samuel. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 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. - 27 Jun 2020: New director appointed: CLAYTON, Charles William. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 2020. 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 Aug 2019: New secretary appointed: MADDOCK, Peter. Company secretary change recorded on 12 Aug 2019. 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 Jul 2019: Cessation of Mr Mark Anthony Scott as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jul 2019. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Jul 2019: New director appointed: ARYEE, Ebenezer Ayitey, Rev. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 2019. 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 Jul 2019: New director appointed: BARTHOW, Jenny. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 2019. 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 Jul 2019: New director appointed: GORDON, Samuel. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 2019. 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 Jul 2019: Director resigned: WARE, David William Barclay. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 2019. 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 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 Pioneers UK Ministries ### Is Pioneers UK Ministries a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Pioneers UK Ministries in Doncaster 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 Pioneers UK Ministries sponsor? Pioneers UK Ministries 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 Pioneers UK Ministries based? The register lists Pioneers UK Ministries at Bawtry Hall, Bawtry, Doncaster, DN10 6JH. 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 02917955. 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/pioneers-uk-ministries-doncaster-777688 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/pioneers-uk-ministries-doncaster-777688.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.