--- title: "Edinburgh International Festival Society: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/edinburgh-international-festival-society-edinburgh-766717 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 International Festival Society: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Edinburgh International Festival Society (Companies House SC024766, Edinburgh) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Creative Worker and Skilled Worker 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: Creative Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Edinburgh - Registered address: The Hub, Edinburgh's Festival Centre, Castlehill Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 2NE - Companies House number: SC024766 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC024766) - Website: https://www.eif.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edintfest/ - 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-international-festival-society-edinburgh-766717 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,178 licensed sponsors in Edinburgh: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/edinburgh - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 60 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Jun 2025: Director resigned: SULAIMAN, Yasmin. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Jun 2025: Director resigned: BELL, Leonie Sarah. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Jun 2025: Director resigned: HENDERSON, Ann Davina. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Jun 2025: Director resigned: CONDRON, Christopher John. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Jun 2025: Director resigned: ROXBURGH, Caroline Anne. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 9 Dec 2024: Director resigned: DAY, Cameron Blyth, Cllr. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 13 Sep 2024: Director resigned: DAVIS, Marion Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 13 Sep 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. - 26 Jun 2024: Director resigned: NASSER, Roya. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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 Feb 2024: Secretary resigned: HEGYI, Francesca. Company secretary change recorded on 12 Feb 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. - 30 Jun 2022: New director appointed: DAY, Cameron Blyth, Cllr. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 30 Jun 2022: Director resigned: MCNEESE-MECHAN, Amy, Dr. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 5 May 2022: Director resigned: WILSON, Donald Caig, Mr.. Director change recorded on 5 May 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. - 28 Jun 2021: Director resigned: LOTHIAN, Niall, Professor. Director change recorded on 28 Jun 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. - 28 Jun 2021: Director resigned: WHYTE, Iain. Director change recorded on 28 Jun 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. - 2 Dec 2020: New director appointed: NASSER, Roya. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 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. - 8 Aug 2020: Director resigned: MILLER, Keith Manson. Director change recorded on 8 Aug 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. - 18 Nov 2019: Director resigned: MILLER, Andrea Mary. Director change recorded on 18 Nov 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. - 3 Aug 2019: New director appointed: BELL, Leonie Sarah. Director change recorded on 3 Aug 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 Aug 2019: New director appointed: CONDRON, Christopher John. Director change recorded on 3 Aug 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. - 10 Jun 2019: New director appointed: SULAIMAN, Yasmin. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 10 Jun 2019: New director appointed: HENDERSON, Ann Davina. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 10 Jun 2019: New director appointed: DAVIS, Marion Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 10 Jun 2019: Director resigned: MIELL, Dorothy Evelyn, Professor. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 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. - 10 Jun 2019: Director resigned: BROTHERSTONE, Walter Terence Charles. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 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. - 10 Jun 2019: Director resigned: GRICE, Paul Edward, Sir. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 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. - + 35 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 Edinburgh International Festival Society ### Is Edinburgh International Festival Society a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Edinburgh International Festival Society in Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh International Festival Society sponsor? Edinburgh International Festival Society is licensed for Creative Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Edinburgh International Festival Society based? The register lists Edinburgh International Festival Society at The Hub, Edinburgh's Festival Centre, Castlehill Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH1 2NE. 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 SC024766. 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-international-festival-society-edinburgh-766717 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/edinburgh-international-festival-society-edinburgh-766717.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.