--- title: "Highlands and Islands Students' Association: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/highlands-and-islands-students-association-inverness-761715 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 Students' Association: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Highlands and Islands Students' Association (Companies House SC511955, 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 23 June 2020 (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: 23 June 2020 - Industry: Education - Town: INVERNESS - Registered address: 3rd Floor 1-5 Church Street, Inverness, United Kingdom, IV1 1DY - Companies House number: SC511955 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC511955) - Website: https://www.hisa.uhi.ac.uk - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/teamhisa - 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-students-association-inverness-761715 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 87 licensed sponsors in Inverness: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/inverness - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 71 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 17 Sep 2026: New director appointed: NAIRN, Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Sep 2026: New director appointed: AMASIAKU, Ethelbert Chisom. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 1 Jul 2026: New director appointed: GARRITY, Andrew James. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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 Jul 2026: New director appointed: SWEENEY, Oliver Jack. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 30 Jun 2026: Director resigned: KAYES, Holly Louise. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 30 Jun 2026: Director resigned: MCDADE, Alexander William. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 16 Mar 2026: New secretary appointed: MUNRO, Colin John. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Mar 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. - 13 Mar 2026: Director resigned: ARMSTRONG, Ahren Logan. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 16 Jan 2026: Secretary resigned: BURN, Rachel. Company secretary change recorded on 16 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. - 21 Oct 2025: Director resigned: FRASER, Carly-Skye Lawren. Director change recorded on 21 Oct 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. - 7 Oct 2025: New director appointed: HUTCHINSON, Victoria Trixie. Director change recorded on 7 Oct 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. - 1 Jul 2025: New director appointed: KAYES, Holly Louise. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 1 Jul 2025: New director appointed: MCDADE, Alexander William. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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 Jun 2025: Director resigned: CAMPBELL, William Tiny Groves. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 27 Jun 2025: New director appointed: ARMSTRONG, Ahren Logan. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 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. - 27 Jun 2025: New director appointed: LESLIE, David John Paul. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 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. - 27 Jun 2025: Director resigned: LESLIE, David John Paul. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 27 Jun 2025: New director appointed: MORRISON, Iain Macleod, Dr. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 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. - 15 May 2025: Director resigned: MACCALLUM, Shannon Drew. Director change recorded on 15 May 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. - 12 Dec 2024: Director resigned: HUTCHISON, Victoria Trixie. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 1 Aug 2024: New director appointed: MACCALLUM, Shannon Drew. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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 Jun 2024: Director resigned: SOUTER, Gary Ross. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 15 Jan 2024: New director appointed: FRASER, Carly-Skye Lawren. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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. - 15 Jan 2024: New director appointed: HUTCHISON, Victoria Trixie. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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. - 15 Jan 2024: New director appointed: ABBOTT-HALPIN, Edward Francis, Prof. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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. - + 46 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 Highlands and Islands Students' Association ### Is Highlands and Islands Students' Association a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Highlands and Islands Students' Association in INVERNESS is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Highlands and Islands Students' Association sponsor? Highlands and Islands Students' Association is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Highlands and Islands Students' Association based? The register lists Highlands and Islands Students' Association at 3rd Floor 1-5 Church Street, Inverness, United Kingdom, IV1 1DY. 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 SC511955. 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-students-association-inverness-761715 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/highlands-and-islands-students-association-inverness-761715.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.