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UK licensed sponsor · Edinburgh · Arts, sport and leisure
Imaginate
Imaginate, Edinburgh, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Skilled Worker, Creative Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Imaginate (SC115855), active, incorporated in 1989 (37 years ago), registered for performing arts.
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Companies House
Who Imaginate actually is
- Company number
- SC115855
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 30 January 1989 · 37 years old
- What they do
90010Performing arts
- Sector
- Arts, sport and leisure
- Previously
- The Scottish International Children's Festival (until 2000)
- Registered office
- 30b Grindlay Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9AX
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 11 September 2026.
What a licence means
Licensed, checked, on the list
The Home Office lists Imaginate because it applied, was checked and continues to meet its sponsor duties. Whether a given job qualifies still depends on the role and the pay under the current rules.
How to approach them
Ask the question early
Sponsorship is a yes or no per role. Ask in the first message whether the vacancy qualifies for a Certificate of Sponsorship; it saves everyone a wasted interview and marks you as someone who knows the system.
The register
Imaginate, Edinburgh, holds a Home Office sponsor licence covering 2 routes: Skilled Worker and Creative Worker. It has been on the register since at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating), Temporary Worker (A rating).
Imaginate is the registered name (Companies House number SC115855), a company limited by guarantee on the register since 1989. The registered office is at 30b Grindlay Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9AX, EH3 9AX. Its filed activity puts it in arts, sport and leisure. It has traded under other names before, including The Scottish International Children's Festival.
For a candidate this means one less obstacle: Imaginate already has the licence most employers would have to apply for. The rest is the ordinary job of getting the interview.
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For candidates
What you need to work here
- A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
- A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
- A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.
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For employers
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Next time you are recruiting, talk to us first. We supply trade tested drivers, mechanics, welders and fitters, can organise a trip to see candidates tested at our centres, and handle the Certificate of Sponsorship paperwork with you.
- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Trade tested before you see them, not after.
- Nothing is ever charged to the candidate.
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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.
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