--- title: "Institute of Art London Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/institute-of-art-london-limited-london-756028 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 --- # Institute of Art London Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Institute of Art London Limited (trading as Sotheby's Institute of Art; London) 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 20 October 2016 (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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 20 October 2016 - Trading as: Sotheby's Institute of Art - Legal name: INSTITUTE OF ART - LONDON LIMITED - Industry: Education - Town: London - Companies House number: 03087911 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03087911) - Website: https://www.sothebysinstitute.com - 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/institute-of-art-london-limited-london-756028 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - 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 9 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 20 Apr 2022: Cessation of Mr Robert Neil Snyder as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Apr 2022. 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. - 10 Feb 2022: Secretary resigned: KEARNEY, Colleen Mary. Company secretary change recorded on 10 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. - 10 Feb 2022: New secretary appointed: BAKALE, Amanda Marie-Frances, Ms.. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Feb 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 Aug 2020: Director resigned: SNYDER, Robert Neil. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 28 Aug 2020: Director resigned: SNYDER, Andrew Miles. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 28 Aug 2020: New director appointed: TRAINOR, Larisa Avner. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 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. - 28 Aug 2020: New director appointed: BREHM, Matthew. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 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. - 18 Mar 2019: New secretary appointed: KEARNEY, Colleen Mary. Company secretary change recorded on 18 Mar 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. - 18 Mar 2019: Secretary resigned: INKELLIS, Barbara Carol. Company secretary change recorded on 18 Mar 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. 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 Institute of Art London Limited ### Is Institute of Art London Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Institute of Art London Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Institute of Art London Limited sponsor? Institute of Art London Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Institute of Art London Limited based? The register lists Institute of Art London Limited at London. 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/institute-of-art-london-limited-london-756028 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/institute-of-art-london-limited-london-756028.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.