--- title: "St Thomas Evangelical Church of India - UK Parish: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/st-thomas-evangelical-church-of-india-uk-parish-watford-760319 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 Thomas Evangelical Church of India - UK Parish: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, St Thomas Evangelical Church of India - UK Parish (Watford) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Tier 2 Ministers of Religion route 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Watford - Companies House number: 08974487 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08974487) - 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-thomas-evangelical-church-of-india-uk-parish-watford-760319 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 491 licensed sponsors in Watford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/watford - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 1,961 Minister of Religion sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/minister-of-religion ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 14 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 19 Jun 2018: Company is dissolved at Companies House. Company status change recorded on 19 Jun 2018 (dissolved). If your organisation has stopped trading or become insolvent, this must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Feb 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 1 Feb 2018. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Nov 2016: Director resigned: MATHEW, Pradeep. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 1 Jul 2015: Director resigned: JOHN VARGHESE, Evangel. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 2015. 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 Jul 2015: Director resigned: VARGHESE, Issac. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 2015. 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. - 2 Apr 2014: New director appointed: MATHEW, Pradeep. Director change recorded on 2 Apr 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. - 2 Apr 2014: New director appointed: JOHN VARGHESE, Evangel. Director change recorded on 2 Apr 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. - 2 Apr 2014: New director appointed: VARGHESE, Issac. Director change recorded on 2 Apr 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. - 2 Apr 2014: New director appointed: THUNDIL MALAYIL KURUVILA, Thomas, Rev. Director change recorded on 2 Apr 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. - 2 Apr 2014: New director appointed: MATTACKAL GEORGE, Jacob. Director change recorded on 2 Apr 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. - 2 Apr 2014: New director appointed: MATHEW THOMAS, Anuj. Director change recorded on 2 Apr 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. - 2 Apr 2014: New director appointed: JOHN MATHEW, Benoy. Director change recorded on 2 Apr 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. - 2 Apr 2014: New director appointed: EVERT ZION, Cheeran. Director change recorded on 2 Apr 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. - 2 Apr 2014: New director appointed: ISSAC, Shyla. Director change recorded on 2 Apr 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. 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 Thomas Evangelical Church of India - UK Parish ### Is St Thomas Evangelical Church of India - UK Parish a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. St Thomas Evangelical Church of India - UK Parish in Watford 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 Thomas Evangelical Church of India - UK Parish sponsor? St Thomas Evangelical Church of India - UK Parish is licensed for Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is St Thomas Evangelical Church of India - UK Parish based? The register lists St Thomas Evangelical Church of India - UK Parish at Watford. 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-thomas-evangelical-church-of-india-uk-parish-watford-760319 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/st-thomas-evangelical-church-of-india-uk-parish-watford-760319.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.