--- title: "Fighting Words Northern Ireland: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fighting-words-northern-ireland-belfast-691661 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 --- # Fighting Words Northern Ireland: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Fighting Words Northern Ireland (trading as Young at Art; Belfast) 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 26 July 2024 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 26 July 2024 - Trading as: Young at Art - Industry: Education - Town: Belfast - Companies House number: NI638582 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI638582) - Website: https://youngatart.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/young-at-art-belfast/ - 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/fighting-words-northern-ireland-belfast-691661 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 537 licensed sponsors in Belfast: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/belfast - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - 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 14 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 12 Oct 2026: Director resigned: DRYLIE, Andrew. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 9 Nov 2026. - 12 Oct 2026: Director resigned: CROSSAN, Paul. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 9 Nov 2026. - 2 Sep 2026: New director appointed: GRAHAM, Joshua Robert Lee. Director change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 2 Sep 2026: New director appointed: KING, Eavan Claire. Director change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 2 Sep 2026: New director appointed: MCGINN GOW, Marie Clare. Director change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 2 Sep 2026: New director appointed: NIC CON ULTAIGH, Nóra. Director change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 2 Sep 2026: New director appointed: MORRIS, Michelle. Director change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 2 Sep 2026: New director appointed: HOLT, Michelle. Director change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 2 Sep 2026: New secretary appointed: BARRON, Elizabeth Ruth. Company secretary change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 8 Dec 2025: Director resigned: Ó CUANACHÁIN, Colm Tomás. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 8 Dec 2025: New director appointed: MORRISON, Lara May O'Connor. Director change recorded on 8 Dec 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. - 21 May 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 21 May 2025. 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. - 14 Mar 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 14 Mar 2025. 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. - 11 Dec 2024: Director resigned: NEWELL, Tim Kenneth. Director change recorded on 11 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. 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 Fighting Words Northern Ireland ### Is Fighting Words Northern Ireland a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Fighting Words Northern Ireland in Belfast 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 Fighting Words Northern Ireland sponsor? Fighting Words Northern Ireland is licensed for Charity Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Fighting Words Northern Ireland based? The register lists Fighting Words Northern Ireland at Belfast. 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. 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/fighting-words-northern-ireland-belfast-691661 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fighting-words-northern-ireland-belfast-691661.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.