--- title: "Royal Yachting Association: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/royal-yachting-association-southampton-766766 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 --- # Royal Yachting Association: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Royal Yachting Association (trading as RYA; Companies House 00878357; Southampton) 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 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: RYA - Industry: Education - Town: Southampton - Registered address: Rya House, Ensign Way, Hamble, Hants, United Kingdom, SO31 4YA - Companies House number: 00878357 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00878357) - Website: https://www.rya.org.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/royal-yachting-association - 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/royal-yachting-association-southampton-766766 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 573 licensed sponsors in Southampton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/southampton - 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 44 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 21 Nov 2025: Director resigned: ENGINEER, Misha, Dr. Director change recorded on 21 Nov 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. - 29 Nov 2024: Director resigned: HARTE, Ronan Brian. Director change recorded on 29 Nov 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. - 29 Nov 2024: Director resigned: JAY, Adam Douglas Otho. Director change recorded on 29 Nov 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. - 10 Nov 2023: Director resigned: PRESTON, Christopher Elliott. Director change recorded on 10 Nov 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. - 11 Nov 2022: Director resigned: BOULANGER, Christophe. Director change recorded on 11 Nov 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. - 19 Nov 2021: New director appointed: ENGINEER, Misha, Dr. Director change recorded on 19 Nov 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. - 19 Nov 2021: New director appointed: JAY, Adam Douglas Otho. Director change recorded on 19 Nov 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. - 19 Nov 2021: Director resigned: SNOWBALL, Katie. Director change recorded on 19 Nov 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. - 14 Sep 2021: Director resigned: CATTERALL, Peter Anthony Colin. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Director resigned: TRESEDER, Sarah Louise. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 20 Apr 2021: Director resigned: GLADMAN, Natasha Juliette. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 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. - 20 Nov 2020: Director resigned: SCOTT, John Martin. Director change recorded on 20 Nov 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. - 22 Nov 2019: New director appointed: CATTERALL, Peter Anthony Colin. Director change recorded on 22 Nov 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. - 22 Nov 2019: Director resigned: HARTEN-ASH, Vernon John, Dr. Director change recorded on 22 Nov 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. - 22 Nov 2019: Director resigned: SEET, Joe Lip Poh. Director change recorded on 22 Nov 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. - 6 Dec 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 6 Dec 2018. 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. - 16 Nov 2018: New director appointed: GLADMAN, Natasha Juliette. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 2018. 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 Nov 2018: Director resigned: HANRATTY, Sarah Jane. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 2018. 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 Jun 2018: New director appointed: PRESTON, Christopher Elliott. Director change recorded on 28 Jun 2018. 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 May 2018: Secretary resigned: HOPKINS, Jeanette Louise. Company secretary change recorded on 10 May 2018. 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 2018: Director resigned: WILLIAMSON, David. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 2018. 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 Feb 2018: New director appointed: BOULANGER, Christophe. Director change recorded on 12 Feb 2018. 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 Nov 2017: New director appointed: HARTE, Ronan Brian. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 2017. 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 Nov 2017: New director appointed: SNOWBALL, Katie. Director change recorded on 24 Nov 2017. 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 Nov 2017: Director resigned: POULTON, Joanna Mary. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 2017. 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 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 Royal Yachting Association ### Is Royal Yachting Association a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Royal Yachting Association in Southampton 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 Royal Yachting Association sponsor? Royal Yachting Association is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Royal Yachting Association based? The register lists Royal Yachting Association at Rya House, Ensign Way, Hamble, Hants, United Kingdom, SO31 4YA. 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 00878357. 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/royal-yachting-association-southampton-766766 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/royal-yachting-association-southampton-766766.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.