--- title: "Race Equality First: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/race-equality-first-cardiff-691305 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 --- # Race Equality First: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Race Equality First (Companies House 07663315, Cardiff) 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 16 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: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Charity Worker - First seen on the register: 16 March 2021 - Legal name: RACE EQUALITY FIRST LIMITED - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Cardiff - Registered address: First Floor West, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff, CF10 5EQ - Companies House number: 07663315 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07663315) - Website: https://www.refweb.org.uk - 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/race-equality-first-cardiff-691305 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 623 licensed sponsors in Cardiff: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cardiff - One of 15,391 in Technology & Software: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/technology-software - 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 22 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 22 Jun 2026: Director resigned: KHAN, Samina. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 17 Jun 2026: Director resigned: OSMAN, Khalid. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Jun 2026: New director appointed: KHAN, Samina. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Jun 2026: New director appointed: UPADHYAYA, Meena, Professor. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Jun 2026: New director appointed: HARWICK, Julian. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 16 Jan 2026: Director resigned: KHATIB, Mutaher Jehan. Director 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. - 15 Jan 2026: Director resigned: UPADHYAYA, Meena, Professor. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 23 Jun 2023: Director resigned: CLAYTON, Elaine. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Jun 2023: New director appointed: JAMAL, Sakina. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Jun 2023: New director appointed: ROBERTS, Reynette. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Jun 2023: New director appointed: RANDHAWA, Gurmit Singh. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 9 Sep 2022: New director appointed: KHAN, Samina. Director change recorded on 9 Sep 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. - 9 Sep 2022: New director appointed: DELA CRUZ, Hugh Yangao. Director change recorded on 9 Sep 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. - 24 Jun 2022: Director resigned: DONOVAN, Vince. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2022: Director resigned: REES, Jeremy Grant. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2022: Director resigned: RANDHAWA, Gurmit Singh. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2022: Director resigned: ROBERTS, Reynette. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2022: New director appointed: BURTON, Catherine Suzanne, Captain. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 9 Jul 2021: New director appointed: UPADHYAYA, Meena, Professor. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 2021. 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. - 9 Jul 2021: Director resigned: KAHN, Laurence. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 2021. 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. - 9 Jul 2021: Director resigned: BURTON, Catherine Suzanne. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 2021. 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. - 9 Jul 2021: New director appointed: MANNEH, Kebba Kwiney. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 2021. 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. 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 Race Equality First ### Is Race Equality First a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Race Equality First in Cardiff 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 Race Equality First sponsor? Race Equality First is licensed for Charity Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Race Equality First based? The register lists Race Equality First at First Floor West, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff, CF10 5EQ. 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 07663315. 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/race-equality-first-cardiff-691305 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/race-equality-first-cardiff-691305.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.