--- title: "Youth Ministry Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/youth-ministry-trust-consett-754848 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 Ministry Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Youth Ministry Trust (Companies House 07937704, Consett) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Religious Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 12 April 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: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Religious Worker - First seen on the register: 12 April 2019 - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Consett - Registered address: Emmaus Village Pemberton Road, Allensford, Consett, County Durham, England, DH8 9BA - Companies House number: 07937704 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07937704) - Website: https://ymt.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-ministry-trust-consett-754848 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 21 licensed sponsors in Consett: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/consett - 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 35 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 13 Aug 2026: Secretary resigned: STANDFIELD, Elspeth Fiona Gordon. Company secretary change recorded on 13 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. - 24 Apr 2026: Director resigned: DONNELLY, Eamonn Michael. Director change recorded on 24 Apr 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. - 24 Apr 2026: New director appointed: DILLON, Timothy Paul. Director change recorded on 24 Apr 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. - 1 May 2024: New secretary appointed: STANDFIELD, Elspeth Fiona Gordon. Company secretary change recorded on 1 May 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 May 2024: Secretary resigned: HOWARD, William Michael. Company secretary change recorded on 1 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. - 1 May 2024: New director appointed: CRAIG, Catherine Margaret. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. - 31 Jan 2024: Director resigned: FOX, Deborah Marie. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 24 Nov 2023: Director resigned: LEANE, David Christopher John. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 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. - 21 Aug 2023: Notification of Bishop Stephen James Lawrence Wright as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 21 Aug 2023. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 21 Aug 2023: Cessation of Reverend Canon Peter Leighton as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Aug 2023. 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 Jul 2023: New director appointed: DONNELLY, Eamonn Michael. Director change recorded on 24 Jul 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 Jul 2023: New director appointed: MILLWARD, Mark Anthony, Reverend Father. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 31 May 2023: Director resigned: FALEY, Andrew James, Reverend Monsignor. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 May 2023: Director resigned: LERCHE, Simon, Reverend Father. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 28 May 2023: New director appointed: LAWRENCE, Carol. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 12 Feb 2023: Notification of Reverend Canon Peter Leighton as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 12 Feb 2023. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 7 Feb 2023: Cessation of Right Reverend Robert Byrne as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Feb 2023. 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 Jul 2022: Director resigned: DONNELLY, Dermott James, Reverend Father. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 11 Feb 2022: New director appointed: LEANE, David Christopher John. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 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. - 1 Dec 2021: New director appointed: O'NEILL, Seamus Gerard, Dr. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 23 Sep 2021: New director appointed: LYDEN-SMITH, Marc, Fr. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 14 Jul 2021: New director appointed: FOX, Deborah Marie. Director change recorded on 14 Jul 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. - 14 Jul 2021: Director resigned: MATTHEWS, Maria. Director change recorded on 14 Jul 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. - 14 Jul 2021: Director resigned: FOSTER, John Martin. Director change recorded on 14 Jul 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. - 14 Jul 2021: Director resigned: MCHALE, Thomas James, Reverend. Director change recorded on 14 Jul 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. - + 10 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 Ministry Trust ### Is Youth Ministry Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Youth Ministry Trust in Consett 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 Youth Ministry Trust sponsor? Youth Ministry Trust is licensed for Religious Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Youth Ministry Trust based? The register lists Youth Ministry Trust at Emmaus Village Pemberton Road, Allensford, Consett, County Durham, England, DH8 9BA. 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 07937704. 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-ministry-trust-consett-754848 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/youth-ministry-trust-consett-754848.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.