Use this list to find out who can endorse your application for a start-up 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.
Read the guidance for endorsing bodies.
Minor updates made to reflect that Level 39 status has been moved to legacy status.
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. Removed Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, University of Bristol and University of Chester from the endorsing bodies list as they no longer accept new start-up/innovator applications.
Added University of Sussex to the Legacy Endorsing Bodies section.
Added Boardroom Advisors and The Shropshire Incubator (European Innovation Ltd) to the list of endorsed bodies.
Added Swansea University to list of endorsing bodies.
Added Queensbury Consulting to list of endorsing bodies.
New endorsing body 'Nexus' added.
Updated the list of endorsing bodies.
Updated the list of endorsing bodies.
Added details for Global Entrepreneurs Programme (GEP) and Pall Mall Investments International.
Removed reference to The Global Entrepreneur Programme (GEP).
Updated endorsing body list.
Updated endorsing body list.
Updated list of endorsing bodies.
Updated list of endorsing bodies
Updated list of endorsing bodies.
Updated endorsing body - Blue Orchid added.
Updated list of endorsing bodies
Updated list.
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