--- title: "WELS Church: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wels-church-staines-upon-thames-752275 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 --- # WELS Church: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, WELS Church (Companies House 13974714, Staines-Upon-Thames) 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 20 February 2024 (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: 20 February 2024 - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Staines-Upon-Thames - Registered address: Wels Church, 79 College Road, Harrow, United Kingdom, HA1 1BD - Companies House number: 13974714 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13974714) - 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/wels-church-staines-upon-thames-752275 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 107 licensed sponsors in Staines-Upon-Thames: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/staines-upon-thames - 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 8 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 5 Sep 2025: New person with significant control: Mr David Michael Hagedorn. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 Sep 2025. 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. - 5 Sep 2025: Cessation of Mr Lawrence George Mccatty as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 Sep 2025. 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. - 5 Sep 2025: Director resigned: MCCATTY, Lawrence George. Director change recorded on 5 Sep 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. - 9 Jan 2025: New director appointed: HAGEDORN, David Michael. Director change recorded on 9 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: Cessation of Ms Susanne Elfriede Thiele as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Director resigned: THIELE, Susanne Elfriede. 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: MILLS, Yusef David. 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. - 12 Sep 2024: New director appointed: NASEEM, Kamran, Dr. Director change recorded on 12 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. 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 WELS Church ### Is WELS Church a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. WELS Church in Staines-Upon-Thames is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can WELS Church sponsor? WELS Church is licensed for Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is WELS Church based? The register lists WELS Church at Wels Church, 79 College Road, Harrow, United Kingdom, HA1 1BD. 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 13974714. 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/wels-church-staines-upon-thames-752275 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wels-church-staines-upon-thames-752275.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.