Use this list to find out who can endorse your application for an innovator visa.
An organisation can only issue an endorsement if it is on this list. If you have been offered an endorsement by an organisation that is not on the list, you can report it.
Published 29 March 2019 Last updated 29 September 2022 +show all updates
Middlesex University London and Warwick University have been added to the list of approved endorsing bodies.
Updated 'Capital Enterprise' description - organisation now endorses founders from a range of sectors. Updated 'The Start-up Race' description with a new website url, new London base and new restrictions on applications. Added King's College London to the endorsers list. Removed Swansea University.
Added University of Central Lancashire.
Added Boardroom Advisors and The Shropshire Incubator (European Innovation Ltd) to the list of endorsed bodies.
Added Swansea University and University of St Andrews to list of endorsing bodies.
Updated to remove the University of the Creative Arts and to add the University of the Arts London and Queensbury Consulting as endorsing bodies.
New endorsing body 'Nexus' added.
Updated the list of endorsing bodies for the innovator visa.
Updated the list of endorsing bodies for the innovator visa.
Updated details for Global Entrepreneurs Programme (GEP). Added Pall Mall Investments International to list.
Global Entrepreneurs Programme (GEP) details added.