--- title: "The Big Church Day Out: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-big-church-day-out-littlehampton-777247 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 --- # The Big Church Day Out: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Big Church Day Out (trading as Big Church Festival; Companies House 06794709; Littlehampton) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Creative Worker and Religious Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 9 October 2017 (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) - Visa routes: Creative Worker; Religious Worker - First seen on the register: 9 October 2017 - Trading as: Big Church Festival - Legal name: BIG CHURCH FESTIVAL LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Littlehampton - Registered address: 62 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, United Kingdom, BN16 3NR - Companies House number: 06794709 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06794709) - Website: https://www.bigchurchfestival.com/ - 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/the-big-church-day-out-littlehampton-777247 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36 licensed sponsors in Littlehampton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/littlehampton - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 29 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Jul 2026: Secretary resigned: HILLS, Leigh Brian. Company secretary change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Jul 2026: Director resigned: FETTO, Niazi Peter. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Jul 2026: Director resigned: FLYNN, Kameshvari. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Jul 2026: Director resigned: STRAJNIC, Andreas. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 20 Jul 2026: New director appointed: BERRY, Simon Frederick Michael. Director change recorded on 20 Jul 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 Jul 2026: New director appointed: JOLLY, Jonathan Allen. Director change recorded on 20 Jul 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 Jul 2026: New director appointed: FYLEMAN, James Daniel. Director change recorded on 20 Jul 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. - 1 Jul 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 1 Jul 2026. 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. - 16 Jan 2026: New director appointed: FETTO, Niazi Peter. Director change recorded on 16 Jan 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. - 23 Jun 2025: New director appointed: FLYNN, Kameshvari. Director change recorded on 23 Jun 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. - 20 Jan 2025: Cessation of Mr Leigh Brian Hills as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Jan 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. - 6 Nov 2024: Director resigned: DE PELET, Faye. Director change recorded on 6 Nov 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. - 7 Mar 2024: New director appointed: STRAJNIC, Andreas. Director change recorded on 7 Mar 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. - 11 Sep 2023: Notification of Mr Leigh Brian Hills as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 11 Sep 2023. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 31 Aug 2023: Director resigned: SPICER, Gary Paul. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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: DE PELET, Faye. 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. - 17 Nov 2022: Director resigned: KIBBLE, Gavin Stuart. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 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. - 16 Sep 2022: Company name changed, now trading as "BIG CHURCH FESTIVAL LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 16 Sep 2022. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Jan 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Jan 2021. 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. - 30 Apr 2020: New secretary appointed: HILLS, Leigh Brian. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 30 Apr 2020: Secretary resigned: BENNETTS, Jonathan Mark. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Apr 2020. 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. - 9 May 2019: Director resigned: ANDREA, Michael. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 28 Mar 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 28 Mar 2019. 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. - 5 Mar 2019: New secretary appointed: BENNETTS, Jonathan Mark. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Mar 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. - 5 Mar 2019: Secretary resigned: HILLS, Leigh Brian. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Mar 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. - + 4 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 The Big Church Day Out ### Is The Big Church Day Out a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Big Church Day Out in Littlehampton is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Big Church Day Out sponsor? The Big Church Day Out is licensed for Creative Worker and Religious Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Big Church Day Out based? The register lists The Big Church Day Out at 62 The Street, Rustington, West Sussex, United Kingdom, BN16 3NR. 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 06794709. 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/the-big-church-day-out-littlehampton-777247 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-big-church-day-out-littlehampton-777247.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.