--- title: "Manchester International Festival: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/manchester-international-festival-manchester-768584 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 --- # Manchester International Festival: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Manchester International Festival (trading as MIF t/a Factory International; Companies House 05292793; Manchester) 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 - Trading as: MIF t/a Factory International - Also known as: MIF - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Manchester - Registered address: Blackfriars House, Parsonage, Manchester, M3 2JA - Companies House number: 05292793 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05292793) - Website: https://factoryinternational.org - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/factoryintl - 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/manchester-international-festival-manchester-768584 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 2,872 licensed sponsors in Manchester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/manchester - 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 76 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 21 Jul 2026: Director resigned: BARTOLI, Patricia. Director change recorded on 21 Jul 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 Jul 2026: New director appointed: HERON, Rebecca. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 10 Jun 2026: New secretary appointed: LAING, Jamie Ben. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Jun 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 Apr 2026: Director resigned: DABBOUSSY, Lamia. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 19 Dec 2025: Secretary resigned: BASS, Karen. Company secretary change recorded on 19 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. - 10 Dec 2025: Director resigned: WRIGHT, Cathryn. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 10 Dec 2025: Director resigned: BISHOP, Alan John. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 10 Dec 2025: Director resigned: KHALIL, Jamil. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 10 Dec 2025: New director appointed: JACKSON, Molly Margaret. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 10 Dec 2025: New director appointed: WATTERS, Zoe Victoria. Director change recorded on 10 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: New secretary appointed: BASS, Karen. Company secretary change recorded on 21 May 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: Secretary resigned: WRIGLEY, Sheena. Company secretary change recorded on 21 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. - 3 Mar 2025: New director appointed: SISSAY, Lemn. Director change recorded on 3 Mar 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. - 3 Mar 2025: New director appointed: ARTHANAYAKE, Nihal Senaka. Director change recorded on 3 Mar 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. - 3 Mar 2025: New director appointed: WILKINSON, Joshua Jack. Director change recorded on 3 Mar 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. - 3 Mar 2025: New director appointed: HETHERINGTON, Thom. Director change recorded on 3 Mar 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. - 3 Mar 2025: New director appointed: ALEXANDER, Leila Louisa Anne. Director change recorded on 3 Mar 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. - 3 Mar 2025: New director appointed: DUNLEAVY, John B.. Director change recorded on 3 Mar 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. - 3 Mar 2025: New director appointed: HULL, Candice Marie. Director change recorded on 3 Mar 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. - 26 Feb 2025: Director resigned: NEVILLE, Gary. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 26 Feb 2025: Director resigned: BALSHAW, Maria, Dr. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 26 Feb 2025: Director resigned: MAHAMA, Ibrahim. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 26 Feb 2025: Director resigned: LADOJA, Grace. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 31 Jul 2024: Director resigned: PAVER, Richard. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 5 Jul 2024: New secretary appointed: WRIGLEY, Sheena. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - + 51 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 Manchester International Festival ### Is Manchester International Festival a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Manchester International Festival in Manchester 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 Manchester International Festival sponsor? Manchester International Festival is licensed for Creative Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Manchester International Festival based? The register lists Manchester International Festival at Blackfriars House, Parsonage, Manchester, M3 2JA. 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 05292793. 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/manchester-international-festival-manchester-768584 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/manchester-international-festival-manchester-768584.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.