--- title: "The Society of Authors: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-society-of-authors-london-745341 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 Society of Authors: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Society of Authors (trading as INFORMATION ALSO HELD FOR THE AUTHORS ' FOUNDATION; Companies House 00019993; London) 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 30 January 2024 (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: 30 January 2024 - Trading as: INFORMATION ALSO HELD FOR THE AUTHORS ' FOUNDATION - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: London - Registered address: 24 Bedford Row, London, England, WC1R 4EH - Companies House number: 00019993 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00019993) - Website: https://www2.societyofauthors.org - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-society-of-authors - 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-society-of-authors-london-745341 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 12 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 1 Mar 2026: Director resigned: MICHAEL, Simon Laurence. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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 Jan 2026: New person with significant control: Mr Daniel Hahn. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 Jan 2026. 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. - 23 Jan 2026: Cessation of Mr Barry Patrick Waring Kernon as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 Jan 2026. 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. - 20 Nov 2025: Director resigned: EVANS, Harriet Julia. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 Nov 2025: Director resigned: LONGSTAFF, Abie Margaret. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 14 Nov 2025: Director resigned: WILLIAMS, Julia Carol. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 17 Jul 2025: Director resigned: RANKIN, Nicholas Winton. Director change recorded on 17 Jul 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. - 16 Jul 2025: Director resigned: FIELDS, Helen Sarah. Director change recorded on 16 Jul 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. - 21 Nov 2024: New director appointed: MICHAEL, Simon Laurence. Director change recorded on 21 Nov 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. - 21 Nov 2024: Director resigned: ROBERTS, Michael Hugh Patrick. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 19 Apr 2024: Secretary resigned: SOLOMON, Nicola. Company secretary change recorded on 19 Apr 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. - 19 Apr 2024: Director resigned: SHUKLA, Amit Nikesh. Director change recorded on 19 Apr 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. 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 Society of Authors ### Is The Society of Authors a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Society of Authors in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Society of Authors sponsor? The Society of Authors is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Society of Authors based? The register lists The Society of Authors at 24 Bedford Row, London, England, WC1R 4EH. 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 00019993. 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-society-of-authors-london-745341 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-society-of-authors-london-745341.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.