--- title: "Highlands and Islands Airports: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/highlands-and-islands-airports-inverness-784876 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 --- # Highlands and Islands Airports: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Highlands and Islands Airports (Companies House SC097647, Inverness) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 5 March 2021 (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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 5 March 2021 - Legal name: HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS AIRPORTS LIMITED - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: Inverness - Registered address: Head Office, Inverness Airport, Inverness, IV2 7JB - Companies House number: SC097647 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC097647) - Website: https://www.hial.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hial-airports - 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/highlands-and-islands-airports-inverness-784876 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 87 licensed sponsors in Inverness: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/inverness - One of 6,274 in Travel, Transport & Mobility: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/travel-transport-mobility - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 17 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 7 Aug 2026: New director appointed: SMITH, Stephen John. Director change recorded on 7 Aug 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. - 20 May 2026: Director resigned: CLOW, Lynne. Director change recorded on 20 May 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. - 31 Mar 2026: Secretary resigned: MANSON, Jamie Lee. Company secretary change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Jan 2026: Director resigned: JACK-HOOIJENGA, Lorna Burn. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 18 Dec 2025: New director appointed: WOOLMAN, Gillian Frances. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 30 Nov 2025: Director resigned: STRACHAN, Wilhelmina Cornelia. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 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. - 20 May 2024: New director appointed: KELSALL, Paul Arthur. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 28 Mar 2024: Director resigned: ADAMS, Stewart Andrew. Director change recorded on 28 Mar 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. - 14 Jun 2023: New director appointed: ADAMS, Stewart Andrew. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 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. - 14 Jun 2023: Director resigned: LYON, Inglis Edward. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 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 Jun 2023: New secretary appointed: MANSON, Jamie Lee. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jun 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 Jun 2023: Secretary resigned: LYON, Inglis Edward. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 30 Nov 2022: Director resigned: HOLLANDERS, Eric. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 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. - 17 Oct 2022: New director appointed: MANSON, Jamie Lee. Director change recorded on 17 Oct 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. - 27 May 2022: Director resigned: WALLACE, Johanna Margaret. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 1 Mar 2022: New director appointed: CLOW, Lynne. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 28 Feb 2022: Director resigned: MCLAUGHLIN, James. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. 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 0 live vacancies tracked for this employer (2 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Stornoway - Air Traffic Services Operational Assistant (ATSOA) · Stornoway, Western Isles · £28,899–£32,748 · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/gHwW4WJGK3is0l95yEOjefuz-3XdsxFUlyq7aDtBNRLtOpscyhXSOtA9-BdZ8Nv817xVHh2QaUAUw46HOjqtYfIkhIUn2BVT5bfAz0Lun5Xkl_JOzlqZwW-TeW2YDZnNJ1ZGrEpnw2Z766ETuIgsit4qvoyHhuwFaO2azJEBBwFQgmEqTDOLv1qNxrtRiBdRBEQ5IuLa3xUahj4WCtzgvK6Nd-p1gQY7Wnu_AkLrQLQ - Wick - Senior Air Traffic Control Officer · John o'Groats, Highland · £60,572–£75,719 · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/54VJTjTHdiR3Zb9BsOyI4dqQ_DlgsjSjvsTUjQbuhO6XcIAj15CFKziZ62NJwt0wHNKXdsR4eKwT59zMye6zxZPsrq8EN8GlGlt55glozkHI15A6WbjMo5VMYJuCQsCw0ixFSr3OmRze0V2CbHRno4X2Mkpt0ls5gNahG1OeLEFN82NRksnfBo1AIoMZ74etHEj1535WosaqsO7xmFo5aPRWJKmi-ljplrRy4spcrJ4 A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Highlands and Islands Airports ### Is Highlands and Islands Airports a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Highlands and Islands Airports in Inverness is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Highlands and Islands Airports sponsor? Highlands and Islands Airports is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Highlands and Islands Airports based? The register lists Highlands and Islands Airports at Head Office, Inverness Airport, Inverness, IV2 7JB. 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 SC097647. 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/highlands-and-islands-airports-inverness-784876 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/highlands-and-islands-airports-inverness-784876.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.