--- title: "The Ellen Macarthur Foundation: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-ellen-macarthur-foundation-cowes-727264 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 --- # The Ellen Macarthur Foundation: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Ellen Macarthur Foundation (Companies House 06897785, Cowes) 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 12 January 2017 (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: 12 January 2017 - Legal name: ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION - Also known as: EMF - Industry: Education - Town: COWES - Companies House number: 06897785 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06897785) - Website: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org - 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/the-ellen-macarthur-foundation-cowes-727264 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 11 licensed sponsors in Cowes: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cowes - 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 19 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 31 Jul 2026: Secretary resigned: WINN, Laura. Company secretary change recorded on 31 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. - 28 Apr 2026: New director appointed: METZKE, Robert Manfred. Director change recorded on 28 Apr 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. - 9 Apr 2026: New director appointed: BUTTERWORTH, James Cameron. Director change recorded on 9 Apr 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 Mar 2026: New director appointed: PATERSON, Hong-Thuy. Director change recorded on 17 Mar 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. - 4 Jul 2024: New secretary appointed: WINN, Laura. Company secretary change recorded on 4 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. - 4 Jul 2024: Secretary resigned: BOOTLE, Joanne. Company secretary change recorded on 4 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. - 8 Sep 2023: Cessation of Mr Michael Leboritz as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Sep 2023. 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. - 8 Sep 2023: Cessation of Dame Ellen Patricia Macarthur as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Sep 2023. 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. - 8 Sep 2023: Cessation of Mr Philip Henry George Sellwood as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Sep 2023. 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. - 8 Sep 2023: Cessation of Peter Morgan as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Sep 2023. 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. - 8 Sep 2023: New director appointed: PATEL, Hema. Director change recorded on 8 Sep 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. - 20 May 2023: New secretary appointed: BOOTLE, Joanne. Company secretary change recorded on 20 May 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. - 20 May 2023: Secretary resigned: ENSTON, Matthew. Company secretary change recorded on 20 May 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. - 14 Jul 2022: Director resigned: BLAU, Wolfgang, Mr.. Director change recorded on 14 Jul 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. - 11 Mar 2021: New secretary appointed: ENSTON, Matthew. Company secretary change recorded on 11 Mar 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. - 11 Mar 2021: Secretary resigned: BOOTLE, Joanne Elisabeth. Company secretary change recorded on 11 Mar 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. - 1 Mar 2020: New director appointed: BLAU, Wolfgang, Mr.. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 8 Mar 2019: New person with significant control: Mr Michael Leboritz. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Mar 2019. 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. - 8 Mar 2019: New director appointed: LEBOVITZ, Michael. Director change recorded on 8 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. 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 The Ellen Macarthur Foundation ### Is The Ellen Macarthur Foundation a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Ellen Macarthur Foundation in COWES is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Ellen Macarthur Foundation sponsor? The Ellen Macarthur Foundation is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Ellen Macarthur Foundation based? The register lists The Ellen Macarthur Foundation at COWES. 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 06897785. 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/the-ellen-macarthur-foundation-cowes-727264 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-ellen-macarthur-foundation-cowes-727264.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.