--- title: "The Journey Church: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-journey-church-lisburn-745961 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 Journey Church: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Journey Church (Companies House NI623523, Lisburn) 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 4 February 2019 (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: 4 February 2019 - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Lisburn - Registered address: Journey Church Unit 3b Moira Road Retail Park, 45 Moira Road, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT28 1RH - Companies House number: NI623523 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI623523) - Website: https://www.jointhejourney.co.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-journey-church-lisburn-745961 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 57 licensed sponsors in Lisburn: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/lisburn - 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 19 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 6 Feb 2026: Director resigned: ADAMS, David William. Director change recorded on 6 Feb 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. - 25 Sep 2025: New director appointed: MCLEESE, Neil William. Director change recorded on 25 Sep 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. - 1 Jan 2025: New director appointed: ADAMS, David 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. - 1 Jan 2025: New director appointed: JOHNSTON, Colin Trevor. 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. - 9 Oct 2024: Cessation of Mr Neil William Mcleese as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 9 Oct 2024. 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. - 9 Oct 2024: Cessation of Mr Matthew John Kennedy as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 9 Oct 2024. 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. - 9 Oct 2024: Cessation of Mr Samuel Joseph Bittle as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 9 Oct 2024. 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 Sep 2024: Director resigned: BITTLE, Samuel Joseph. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Sep 2024: New director appointed: PATTERSON, Colin William. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2024: New director appointed: CAIRNS, Holly Helena. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 15 May 2024: Director resigned: MCLEESE, Neil William. Director change recorded on 15 May 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. - 8 Nov 2022: Cessation of Mr Gary Francis Bolton as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Nov 2022. 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. - 8 Nov 2022: Director resigned: BOLTON, Gary Francis. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 9 Sep 2022: New person with significant control: Mr Neil William Mcleese. Change to people with significant control recorded on 9 Sep 2022. 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. - 9 Sep 2022: New director appointed: MCLEESE, Neil William. Director change recorded on 9 Sep 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. - 24 Jun 2020: New person with significant control: Mr Matthew John Kennedy. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Jun 2020. 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. - 24 Jun 2020: Cessation of Mr David William Adams as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Jun 2020. 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. - 24 Jun 2020: New director appointed: KENNEDY, Matthew John. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 1 Aug 2019: Director resigned: ADAMS, David William. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. 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 Journey Church ### Is The Journey Church a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Journey Church in Lisburn is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Journey Church sponsor? The Journey Church is licensed for Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Journey Church based? The register lists The Journey Church at Journey Church Unit 3b Moira Road Retail Park, 45 Moira Road, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT28 1RH. 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 NI623523. 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-journey-church-lisburn-745961 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-journey-church-lisburn-745961.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.