--- title: "The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated): UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-chichester-diocesan-fund-and-board-of-finance-incorporated-hove-800572 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 Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated): UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) (trading as OPEN DOOR; Companies House 00133558; Hove) 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 16 June 2020 (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: Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 16 June 2020 - Trading as: OPEN DOOR - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Hove - Registered address: Diocesan Church House, 211 New Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 4ED - Companies House number: 00133558 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00133558) - Website: https://www.chichester.anglican.org - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thechurchofengland - 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-chichester-diocesan-fund-and-board-of-finance-incorporated-hove-800572 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 148 licensed sponsors in Hove: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hove - 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 36 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Aug 2026: Director resigned: GILBERT, Philip Mark, The Reverend Canon. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 6 Jun 2026: Director resigned: TELFORD, William. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 31 May 2026: Cessation of The Rt Revd Dr Martin Clive Warner as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 May 2026. 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. - 31 May 2026: Director resigned: WARNER, Martin Clive, The Right Reverend Dr. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 15 May 2025: Director resigned: WOODWARD, Andrew John, Revd. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 26 Feb 2025: Director resigned: IRVINE-CAPEL, Luke Thomas, The Venerable. Director change recorded on 26 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. - 1 Jan 2025: New director appointed: TELFORD, William. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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 Dec 2024: Director resigned: PHILLIPS, Sharon Dawn. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 Dec 2024: Director resigned: MARCHANT, Alison Ruth. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 Dec 2024: Director resigned: HOLBIRD, Thomas James, Revd. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 Dec 2024: Director resigned: BURGESS, Valerie Lynda. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 Dec 2024: Director resigned: THOMAS, Michael Julian. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 Dec 2024: Director resigned: SMITH, Bradley Francis. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 Dec 2024: Director resigned: BARNETT, Lisa Helen, Revd Canon. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 Dec 2024: Director resigned: LYNN, Lesley Jane. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 16 Nov 2024: Director resigned: BOOTH, John David Sebastian. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 19 Dec 2023: Director resigned: IRVINE, Duncan Alexander. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 27 Nov 2023: Secretary resigned: HIGGINS, Gabrielle. Company secretary change recorded on 27 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. - 31 Mar 2023: Director resigned: WAINE, Stephen John, Very Rev. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 2 Apr 2022: Director resigned: LEONARD, Guy Andrew. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 31 Mar 2022: New director appointed: PHILLIPS, Sharon Dawn. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 25 Jan 2022: Director resigned: WAIZENEKER, Ann Elizabeth, Revd Canon. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 21 Jan 2022: New director appointed: WOODWARD, Andrew John, Revd. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 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 Jan 2022: New director appointed: HOLBIRD, Thomas James, Revd. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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 Jan 2022: New director appointed: THOMAS, Michael Julian. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - + 11 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 Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) ### Is The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) in Hove is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) sponsor? The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) is licensed for Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) based? The register lists The Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance (Incorporated) at Diocesan Church House, 211 New Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 4ED. 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 00133558. 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-chichester-diocesan-fund-and-board-of-finance-incorporated-hove-800572 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-chichester-diocesan-fund-and-board-of-finance-incorporated-hove-800572.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.