--- title: "Rifco Arts: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/rifco-arts-watford-739522 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 --- # Rifco Arts: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Rifco Arts (trading as Rifco Theatre Company; Companies House 04625212; Watford) 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 26 January 2023 (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: 26 January 2023 - Trading as: Rifco Theatre Company - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Watford - Registered address: Watford Palace Theatre, 20 Clarendon Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1JZ - Companies House number: 04625212 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04625212) - Website: https://www.rifcotheatre.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/rifco-arts-watford-739522 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 491 licensed sponsors in Watford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/watford - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 24 Jul 2026: Director resigned: BERENGER, Sophie Morgan. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 27 May 2026: Director resigned: WATLING, Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 23 Sep 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 23 Sep 2025. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 9 Sep 2025: Director resigned: MENON, Vikram. Director change recorded on 9 Sep 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. - 5 Aug 2025: New director appointed: KAPREKAR, Aniruddha Dinanath. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 4 Aug 2025: New director appointed: BERENGER, Sophie Morgan. Director change recorded on 4 Aug 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. - 23 May 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 23 May 2025. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 21 May 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 21 May 2025. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Feb 2025: New director appointed: SONI, Karun. Director change recorded on 12 Feb 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 Jan 2025: New director appointed: WATLING, Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 3 Jan 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. - 19 Sep 2023: Director resigned: KAMBOZ, Amardeep. Director change recorded on 19 Sep 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. - 15 Aug 2023: Director resigned: GATTI, Georgia. Director change recorded on 15 Aug 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. 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 Rifco Arts ### Is Rifco Arts a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Rifco Arts in Watford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Rifco Arts sponsor? Rifco Arts is licensed for Creative Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Rifco Arts based? The register lists Rifco Arts at Watford Palace Theatre, 20 Clarendon Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1JZ. 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 04625212. 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/rifco-arts-watford-739522 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/rifco-arts-watford-739522.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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