--- title: "The Lantern Community: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-lantern-community-ringwood-744514 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 Lantern Community: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Lantern Community (Companies House 03773749, Ringwood) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Charity Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 5 November 2013 (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: Charity Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 5 November 2013 - Also known as: SEAHORSES; Four Meadows; Phoenix - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Ringwood - Registered address: The Lantern Community Folly Farm Lane, Ashley, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2NN - Companies House number: 03773749 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03773749) - Website: https://www.lanterncommunity.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-lantern-community-ringwood-744514 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 32 licensed sponsors in Ringwood: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/ringwood - One of 17,780 in Healthcare: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/healthcare - Among 1,531 Charity Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-charity ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 19 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 21 Oct 2023: New director appointed: VERHOEVEN, Immanuel Gibory. Director change recorded on 21 Oct 2023. 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 Sep 2023: Director resigned: HOLLANDS, Alan Albert Sydney. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 12 Sep 2023: Director resigned: LOVEYS, Mark. Director change recorded on 12 Sep 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. - 1 Mar 2023: New director appointed: WALKER, David. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 2023. 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 Feb 2023: New director appointed: HOLLANDS, Neil Anthony. Director change recorded on 20 Feb 2023. 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 Oct 2022: Director resigned: TONKIN, Louise Philippa. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 18 Jul 2022: Director resigned: HARRISON, Heidi, Dr. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 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. - 24 May 2021: New director appointed: LOVEYS, Mark. Director change recorded on 24 May 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. - 22 Jul 2020: New director appointed: HARRISON, Heidi, Dr. Director change recorded on 22 Jul 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. - 4 Nov 2018: Director resigned: IVESON, Anna Caroline. Director change recorded on 4 Nov 2018. 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 2017: New director appointed: BRADSHAW, Michael Andrew. Director change recorded on 27 Nov 2017. 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 Aug 2016: Secretary resigned: FIGG, Simon. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 14 Mar 2016: Director resigned: POSTON, Susan Jane. Director change recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 14 Mar 2016: Director resigned: MOSCOFF, Andrew Sidney. Director change recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 18 Jan 2016: New director appointed: MORGAN, Loraine. Director change recorded on 18 Jan 2016. 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. - 21 Jul 2015: Director resigned: PITTAWAY, Neil Godfrey. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 16 Mar 2015: New director appointed: POSTON, Susan Jane. Director change recorded on 16 Mar 2015. 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 Mar 2015: New director appointed: CARNELLI, Luigi Natale. Director change recorded on 16 Mar 2015. 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. - 13 Oct 2014: Director resigned: WARNER, John Rowland. Director change recorded on 13 Oct 2014. 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 Lantern Community ### Is The Lantern Community a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Lantern Community in Ringwood is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Lantern Community sponsor? The Lantern Community is licensed for Charity Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Lantern Community based? The register lists The Lantern Community at The Lantern Community Folly Farm Lane, Ashley, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 2NN. 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 03773749. 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-lantern-community-ringwood-744514 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-lantern-community-ringwood-744514.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.