--- title: "Union Foundation: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/union-foundation-bridgend-776385 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 --- # Union Foundation: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Union Foundation (trading as UNION SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY; Companies House 01987227; Bridgend) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering 4 visa routes, including Charity Worker, Religious Worker and Skilled Worker, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 25 January 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); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Charity Worker; Religious Worker; Skilled Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 25 January 2017 - Trading as: UNION SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY - Also known as: ETCW; UNION - Industry: Education - Town: Bridgend - Registered address: Bryntirion House, Bryntirion, Bridgend, CF31 4DX - Companies House number: 01987227 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01987227) - Website: https://www.ust.ac.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/union-foundation-bridgend-776385 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 65 licensed sponsors in Bridgend: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bridgend - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - 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 30 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 23 Mar 2026: Director resigned: BIRDSALL, Douglas, Rev Dr. Director change recorded on 23 Mar 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. - 12 Sep 2025: New director appointed: WINKLEHNER, Thomas. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 10 Nov 2024: Director resigned: KIM, Sung-Joo. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 15 Dec 2023: New director appointed: HENDERSON, Daniel. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 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. - 22 May 2023: New director appointed: KIM, Sung-Joo. Director change recorded on 22 May 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. - 22 May 2023: Director resigned: FERNANDO, Michael Joyston, Prof. Director change recorded on 22 May 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. - 22 May 2023: New director appointed: EDIFOR, Ernest Edem, Dr. Director change recorded on 22 May 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. - 24 Feb 2023: Director resigned: SHEPLEY, Sean William. Director change recorded on 24 Feb 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. - 24 Feb 2023: New director appointed: KIM, Ki Il. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 24 Feb 2023: New director appointed: ARCHER, Trevor John, Rev. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 18 Aug 2022: Director resigned: KIM, Joongja. Director change recorded on 18 Aug 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. - 10 Sep 2021: New director appointed: ADAMS, Gwenfair, Dr. Director change recorded on 10 Sep 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. - 26 Feb 2021: New director appointed: LEE, Yun. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 1 Jan 2021: Director resigned: JUNG, Joong Myung. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 11 Sep 2020: Director resigned: KIM, Sung Joo. Director change recorded on 11 Sep 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. - 11 Sep 2020: Director resigned: KIM, Ki Il. Director change recorded on 11 Sep 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. - 11 Sep 2020: New director appointed: SHIN, Daniel (Myung Chul), Dr. Director change recorded on 11 Sep 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. - 10 Feb 2020: New director appointed: SHEPLEY, Sean William. Director change recorded on 10 Feb 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. - 10 Feb 2020: Director resigned: THOMAS, Wyn. Director change recorded on 10 Feb 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. - 1 Jun 2019: New director appointed: KIM, Joongja. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 3 Mar 2019: New director appointed: FERNANDO, Michael Joyston, Prof. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 8 Feb 2019: Director resigned: JU, Chul Ki. Director change recorded on 8 Feb 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. - 14 Sep 2018: Director resigned: HINKELMANN, Frank, Rev Dr. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 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. - 14 Sep 2018: New director appointed: LEVY, Stephen Mark, Rev. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 2018. 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. - 2 Jun 2018: New director appointed: JUNG, Joong Myung. Director change recorded on 2 Jun 2018. 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 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 Union Foundation ### Is Union Foundation a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Union Foundation in Bridgend 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 Union Foundation sponsor? Union Foundation is licensed for Charity Worker, Religious Worker, Skilled Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Union Foundation based? The register lists Union Foundation at Bryntirion House, Bryntirion, Bridgend, CF31 4DX. 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 01987227. 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/union-foundation-bridgend-776385 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/union-foundation-bridgend-776385.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.