List of endorsing bodies for start up visa and innovator visas

endorsing bodies

1. START UP ENDORSING BODIES✅

Which bodies can endorse you

Here is a list of all the authorised endorsing bodies that can issue endorsements for start-up and innovator visas. An organisation can only issue an endorsement if it is on this list.

2. INCUBATORS AND ACCELERATORS WHICH CAN ENDORSE YOU ✅

... for your start up visa or innovator visa
  • The Bakery
  •  Seed Camp
  • Invest Northern Ireland
  • Zinc
  • Deep Science Ventures
  • Wayra
  • Ignite
  • Bethnal Green Ventures
  • Codebase
  • Capital Enterprise
  • Cylon
  • Tech X
  • Seed Haus’
  • Med City
  • Scottish Edge
  • Royal Society Edinburgh
  • Tech Nation
  • NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator
  • Royal Bank of Scotland Entrepreneur Accelerator
  • Ulster Bank Entrepreneur Accelerator
  • Set Squared Bristol
  • Set Squared Exeter
  • Set Squared Southampton
  • Set Squared Surrey

3. UNIVERSITIES WHICH CAN                        ENDORSE YOU ✅

... for a start up visa
  • Anglia Ruskin University
  • Arts University Bournemouth
  • Aston University
  • Bangor University
  • Bath Spa University
  • Birmingham City University
  • Bournemouth University
  • BPP University Limited
  • Brunel University London
  • Cardiff Metropolitan University
  • Cardiff University
  • City, University of London
  • Contemporary Dance Trust
  • Coventry University
  • Cranfield University
  • De Montfort University
  • Edinburgh Napier University
  • Falmouth University
  • Florida State University International Programs Association UK
  • Girne American University Canterbury
  • Glasgow Caledonian University
  • Goldsmiths University of London
  • Guildhall School of Music & Drama
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • Imperial College London
  • Keele University
  • King’s College London
  • Kingston University
  • Lancaster University
  • Leeds Arts University
  • Leeds Beckett University
  • Liverpool John Moores University
  • London Business School
  • London Metropolitan University
  • London School of Economics and Political Science
  • London South Bank University
  • Loughborough University
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Middlesex University
  • Newcastle University
  • Northern School of Contemporary Dance
  • Norwich University of the Arts
  • Nottingham Trent University
  • Oxford Brookes University
  • Plymouth College of Art
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Queen’s University Belfast
  • Ravensbourne University London
  • Regent’s University London
  • Roehampton University
  • Royal Academy of Music
  • Royal Agricultural University
  • Royal College of Art
  • Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
  • Sheffield Hallam University
  • SOAS, University of London
  • Solent University
  • Swansea University
  • Teesside University
  • The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
  • The Robert Gordon University
  • The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
  • The University of Buckingham
  • The University of Cambridge
  • The University of Northampton
  • The University of Salford
  • The University Of Sheffield
  • The University of West London
  • University College London
  • University for the Creative Arts
  • University of Aberdeen
  • University of Bath
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Bradford
  • University of Brighton
  • University of Bristol
  • University of Central Lancashire
  • University of Chester
  • University of Dundee
  • University of Durham
  • University of East Anglia
  • University of East London
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of Essex
  • University of Exeter
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Greenwich
  • University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation
  • University of Huddersfield
  • University of Hull
  • University of Kent
  • University of Leeds
  • University of Leicester
  • University of Lincoln
  • University of Liverpool
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Northumbria at Newcastle
  • University of Nottingham
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Plymouth
  • University of Portsmouth
  • University of Reading
  • University of South Wales
  • University of Southampton
  • University of St Andrews
  • University of Stirling
  • University of Strathclyde
  • University of Sunderland
  • University of Surrey
  • University of Sussex
  • University of the Arts London
  • University of the West of England
  • University of the West of Scotland
  • University of Ulster
  • University of Wales Trinity Saint David – Carmarthen Campus
  • University of Warwick
  • University of Westminster
  • University of Wolverhampton
  • University of York
  • York St John University