--- title: "Youth for Christ Northern Ireland Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/youth-for-christ-northern-ireland-limited-belfast-774737 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 --- # Youth for Christ Northern Ireland Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Youth for Christ Northern Ireland Limited (trading as YFCNI; Companies House NI046276; Belfast) 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 at least 4 August 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: Religious Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: YFCNI - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Belfast - Registered address: 147 Albertbridge Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT5 4PS - Companies House number: NI046276 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI046276) - Website: https://yfcni.org - 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/youth-for-christ-northern-ireland-limited-belfast-774737 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 537 licensed sponsors in Belfast: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/belfast - 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 41 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 13 Oct 2026: New director appointed: QUINN, Nigel Goddard. Director change recorded on 13 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 10 Nov 2026. - 24 Aug 2026: Director resigned: JARDINE, Karen Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 24 Aug 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. - 9 Jul 2026: Director resigned: STITT, Colin James. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 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. - 15 Jun 2026: New director appointed: JARDINE, Karen Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 15 Jun 2026. 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 Jun 2026: New director appointed: CHISHOLM, Julie Dawn. Director change recorded on 15 Jun 2026. 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 2025: Director resigned: STEWART, Thomas John. Director change recorded on 16 Jun 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. - 28 Apr 2025: Director resigned: KERR, Philip Samuel. Director change recorded on 28 Apr 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. - 30 Sep 2024: New director appointed: RICHARDSON, Matthew Ian. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 12 Apr 2024: Director resigned: FARRELL, Jonathan Mark. Director change recorded on 12 Apr 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. - 20 Jul 2023: Director resigned: KENNEDY, Clare Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 20 Jul 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 Feb 2023: Director resigned: KNOX, Evelyn. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 10 May 2021: New director appointed: MCALISTER, Miriam Jean. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 9 Nov 2020: New director appointed: KERR, Philip Samuel. Director change recorded on 9 Nov 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. - 30 Sep 2020: Secretary resigned: GILKESON, Annette. Company secretary change recorded on 30 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. - 8 May 2019: New director appointed: GRIER, Allan Chesney. Director change recorded on 8 May 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. - 15 Mar 2019: Director resigned: FAULKNER, Gary Thomas. Director change recorded on 15 Mar 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. - 22 Feb 2019: New director appointed: STEWART, Thomas John. Director change recorded on 22 Feb 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. - 25 Apr 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 25 Apr 2018. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 4 Feb 2018: New director appointed: STITT, Colin James. Director change recorded on 4 Feb 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. - 15 Jan 2018: Director resigned: ENGLISH, David Samuel Lyle. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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. - 31 Aug 2016: New director appointed: FAULKNER, Gary Thomas. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2016: Director resigned: MCKNIGHT, Jonathan. Director 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. - 27 Jun 2016: New director appointed: WHARTON, Andrea. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 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. - 16 May 2016: New director appointed: FARRELL, Jonathan Mark. Director change recorded on 16 May 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. - 31 Jan 2016: Director resigned: HERRON, Andrew. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - + 16 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 Youth for Christ Northern Ireland Limited ### Is Youth for Christ Northern Ireland Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Youth for Christ Northern Ireland Limited in Belfast is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Youth for Christ Northern Ireland Limited sponsor? Youth for Christ Northern Ireland Limited is licensed for Religious Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Youth for Christ Northern Ireland Limited based? The register lists Youth for Christ Northern Ireland Limited at 147 Albertbridge Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT5 4PS. 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 NI046276. 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/youth-for-christ-northern-ireland-limited-belfast-774737 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/youth-for-christ-northern-ireland-limited-belfast-774737.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.