--- title: "Edinburgh Community Food: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/edinburgh-community-food-edinburgh-754017 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 --- # Edinburgh Community Food: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Edinburgh Community Food (Companies House SC166876, Edinburgh) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Charity Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 15 August 2025 (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: Charity Worker - First seen on the register: 15 August 2025 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Edinburgh - Companies House number: SC166876 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC166876) - Website: https://www.edinburghcommunityfood.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/edinburgh-community-food-edinburgh-754017 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,178 licensed sponsors in Edinburgh: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/edinburgh - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - 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 5 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 11 Mar 2026: New person with significant control: Mr William Butler. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Mar 2026. 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. - 11 Mar 2026: Cessation of Mrs Nicola Farwell as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Mar 2026. 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. - 11 Mar 2026: Director resigned: FARWELL, Nicola. Director change recorded on 11 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. - 1 Dec 2025: Director resigned: PRYOR, Karen. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 1 Dec 2025: Director resigned: MUIR, Kathleen. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 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. 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 Edinburgh Community Food ### Is Edinburgh Community Food a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Edinburgh Community Food in Edinburgh is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Edinburgh Community Food sponsor? Edinburgh Community Food is licensed for Charity Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Edinburgh Community Food based? The register lists Edinburgh Community Food at Edinburgh. 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 SC166876. 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/edinburgh-community-food-edinburgh-754017 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/edinburgh-community-food-edinburgh-754017.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.