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Claim this pageEdinburgh International Festival Society is a private company limited by guarantee (Companies House number SC024766), incorporated in November 1946, with its registered office in Castlehill Royal Mile. Companies House lists its business as support activities to performing arts. It is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker (A rating) and Creative Worker (A rating) routes. It was first seen on the register in January 2023. Our copies of the register start then, so it may have been listed earlier.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 22 Oct 2026.
First seen on the register in January 2023. Our copies of the register start then, so it may have been listed earlier. No changes to its licence since then.
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Yes. Edinburgh International Festival Society is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and Creative Worker routes.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker and Creative Worker routes. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists Edinburgh International Festival Society for 2 routes: Skilled Worker (A rating) and Creative Worker (A rating).
Edinburgh International Festival Society was first seen on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors in January 2023. Our copies of the register start then, so it may have been listed earlier.
Edinburgh International Festival Society is registered with Companies House under company number SC024766, with its registered office in Castlehill Royal Mile.
The register gives a rating for each route: Skilled Worker (A rating) and Creative Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists Edinburgh International Festival Society under support activities to performing arts.
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4 other licensed sponsors in Edinburgh have the same industry code: support activities to performing arts (90020).