--- title: "The Dharma Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-dharma-trust-saffron-walden-774283 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 Dharma Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Dharma Trust (trading as Marpa House; Companies House 04332473; Saffron Walden) 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 16 August 2021 (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: Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 16 August 2021 - Trading as: Marpa House - Also known as: CHOS KHOR LING - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Saffron Walden - Registered address: Marpa House, Rectory Lane, Ashdon, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2HN - Companies House number: 04332473 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04332473) - Website: http://www.marpahouse.org.uk - 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-dharma-trust-saffron-walden-774283 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 35 licensed sponsors in Saffron Walden: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/saffron-walden - 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 11 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 29 Jun 2026: Director resigned: STONE, Irmela. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 18 May 2025: Secretary resigned: MILLER, Tansy. Company secretary change recorded on 18 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. - 18 May 2025: New secretary appointed: ATKINSON, Christopher Malcolm. Company secretary change recorded on 18 May 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. - 16 Jun 2024: Director resigned: MITCHELL, Joan. Director change recorded on 16 Jun 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. - 2 Mar 2024: New director appointed: HENRIQUES, Benedict Francis Luis. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 30 Nov 2023: Director resigned: CRAWFORD, Mollie Dixon. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 30 Apr 2023: Director resigned: HOWELL, Keith Michael. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 19 Mar 2022: New director appointed: STONE, Irmela. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 1 Dec 2021: New secretary appointed: MILLER, Tansy. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Dec 2021. 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 Nov 2021: Secretary resigned: KUKA, Louise Dawn. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Nov 2021. 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 Oct 2021: Director resigned: BRITTON, Roger John. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 2021. 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. 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 Dharma Trust ### Is The Dharma Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Dharma Trust in Saffron Walden is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Dharma Trust sponsor? The Dharma Trust is licensed for Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Dharma Trust based? The register lists The Dharma Trust at Marpa House, Rectory Lane, Ashdon, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 2HN. 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 04332473. 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-dharma-trust-saffron-walden-774283 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-dharma-trust-saffron-walden-774283.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.