--- title: "St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/st-edmundsbury-and-ipswich-diocesan-board-of-finance-ipswich-772560 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 --- # St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance (Ipswich) 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). ## 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 - Legal name: ST.EDMUNDSBURY AND IPSWICH DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Ipswich - Companies House number: 00143034 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00143034) - Website: https://www.cofesuffolk.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/st-edmundsbury-and-ipswich-diocesan-board-of-finance-ipswich-772560 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 228 licensed sponsors in Ipswich: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/ipswich - 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 86 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 12 Mar 2026: Director resigned: MUMFORD, Tom, Revd. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 29 Jan 2026: Director resigned: WEST, Stephen Raymond. Director change recorded on 29 Jan 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. - 5 Sep 2025: New person with significant control: The Right Revd Joanne Woolway Grenfell. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 Sep 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. - 5 Sep 2025: Cessation of Rt Revd Graeme Paul Knowles as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 Sep 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. - 5 Sep 2025: Director resigned: KNOWLES, Graeme Paul, Rt Revd. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 1 Mar 2025: New person with significant control: Rt Revd Graeme Paul Knowles. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 1 Mar 2025: New director appointed: KNOWLES, Graeme Paul, Rt Revd. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 28 Feb 2025: Cessation of The Right Revd Martin Alan Seeley as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 28 Feb 2025: Director resigned: SEELEY, Martin Alan, The Right Revd. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 25 Oct 2024: Director resigned: ALLWOOD, Anthony Robert. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 18 Oct 2024: Director resigned: KING, Rhiannon, Venerable. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 17 Oct 2024: New director appointed: MUMFORD, Tom, Revd. Director change recorded on 17 Oct 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. - 16 Oct 2024: Director resigned: COOK, Charlotte, Reverend. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 25 Sep 2024: Director resigned: HARRISON, Michael Robert, Bishop. Director change recorded on 25 Sep 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 Jul 2024: Director resigned: BIRD, Penelope Jane. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 5 Jan 2024: Director resigned: CLARKE, Paul Ian, Revd. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 25 Nov 2023: Director resigned: CHILDS, Chris, Revd Canon. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 24 Apr 2023: Director resigned: GOSNEY, Jeanette, The Venerable. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 14 Mar 2023: Secretary resigned: BULTITUDE, Gavin Lawrence George. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 17 Nov 2022: New director appointed: COOK, Charlotte, Reverend. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 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. - 1 Aug 2022: New director appointed: BIRD, Penelope Jane. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2022: New secretary appointed: BULTITUDE, Gavin Lawrence George. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Jun 2022: Secretary resigned: HUGHES, Anna. Company secretary change recorded on 1 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. - 1 May 2022: New director appointed: CREASY, Edward George. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. - 30 Apr 2022: Director resigned: PENDLINGTON, Mark. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - + 61 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 St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance ### Is St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance in Ipswich 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 St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance sponsor? St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance is licensed for Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance based? The register lists St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance at Ipswich. 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/st-edmundsbury-and-ipswich-diocesan-board-of-finance-ipswich-772560 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/st-edmundsbury-and-ipswich-diocesan-board-of-finance-ipswich-772560.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.