UK Government Authorised Exchange visa sponsors

232 organisations on the UK register are licensed for the Government Authorised Exchange route (register of 2026-10-23). Source: Arcadium Data, data as of 2026-10-25.

Where they are

Town or city	Sponsors
London	68
Cambridge	25
Edinburgh	5
Liverpool	5
Norwich	5
Sheffield	5
Dundee	4
Belfast	3
Brighton	3
Coventry	3
Glasgow	3
Oxford	3
Swindon	3
Aberdeen	2
Bath	2

Sample of sponsors

First 200 of 232, employers with a known Companies House number first, then A to Z.

Organisation	Town	Routes	Rating
Arm Limited	Cambridge	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
Babraham Institute	Cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Charity Worker +1	A
BAE Systems Plc	London	Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker +2	A
British Business Bank	Sheffield	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
British Council	London	Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker +1	A
Brunel University London	Uxbridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Cardiff University	Cardiff	Skilled Worker, Creative Worker +1	A
Courtauld Institute of Art	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Diamond Light Source Ltd	Didcot	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Fragomen LLP	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker +1	A
Hill Dickinson Business Services Limited	Liverpool	Government Authorised Exchange, Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee +1	A
Institute of Development Studies	Brighton	Government Authorised Exchange, Charity Worker +1	A
LGC Limited	Guildford	Government Authorised Exchange, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker +1	A
London Business School	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
London South Bank University	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Charity Worker +1	A
Loughborough University	Loughborough	Creative Worker, International Sportsperson +2	A
National Oceanography Centre	Southampton	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Niab	CAMBRIDGE	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
NPL Management Limited	Teddington	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Queen Mary University of London	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Roehampton University	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Rothamsted Research	Harpenden	Skilled Worker, Charity Worker +1	A
Royal Academy of Music	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Creative Worker +1	A
Royal College of Art	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	Egham	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker +1	A
School of Oriental and African Studies	London	Creative Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
The Alan Turing Institute	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
The Francis Crick Institute Limited	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
The James Hutton Institute	Dundee	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
The John Innes Centre	Norwich	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
The London School of Economics and Political Science	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Creative Worker +1	A
The University of Manchester	Manchester	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
TWI Ltd	Cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker +1	A
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	Wallingford	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory	Warrington	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
University of Birmingham	Birmingham	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
University of Bradford	Bradford	Creative Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
University of Bristol	Bristol	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker +1	A
University of Chichester	Chichester	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
University of Cumbria	Carlisle	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
University of East Anglia	Norwich	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
University of Essex	Colchester	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker +2	A
University of Gloucestershire	Cheltenham	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
University of Kent	Canterbury	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
University of Liverpool	Liverpool	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
University of Reading	Reading	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
University of St Mark & St John	Plymouth	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
University of Stirling	Stirling	Government Authorised Exchange	A
University of Sussex	Brighton	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
University of Westminster	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
York St John University	YORK	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Abertay University	Dundee	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Aberystwyth University	Aberystwyth	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges	London	Government Authorised Exchange	A
ADS Group Limited	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
AEGIQ LTD	Sheffield	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
AIESEC UK Ltd	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker +1	A
Anglia Ruskin University	Chelmsford	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Association of Commonwealth Universities	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Aston University	Birmingham	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
AVS ADDED VALUE SOLUTIONS UK LTD	Oxford	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Bangor University	Bangor	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
BANK OF ENGLAND	LONDON	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Bath Spa University	Bath	Creative Worker, Skilled Worker +2	A
Birkbeck College	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Bournemouth University	Poole	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
British Council (IAESTE Programme)	Belfast	Government Authorised Exchange	A
Buckinghamshire New University	Buckinghamshire	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
BUNAC Travel Services limited	London	Government Authorised Exchange	A
Canterbury Christ Church University	Canterbury	Tier 2 Ministers of Religion, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
City St George's, University of London	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Clare College	Cambridge	Tier 2 Ministers of Religion, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
Clare Hall, University of Cambridge	Cambridge	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
College of Optometrists	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Corpus Christi College	Cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Coventry University	Coventry	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Cranfield University	Bedford	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Creative Ideas & Architecture Office Ltd	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
De Montfort University	Leicester	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Defence Academy of the United Kingdom	Swindon	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Department for Business & Trade	LONDON	Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker +1	A
Earlham Institute	Norwich	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
EarthId Technology Ltd	Chessington	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Edge Hill University	Ormskirk	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Edinburgh Napier University	Edinburgh	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Embassy of Denmark in the United Kingdom	London	Government Authorised Exchange, International Agreement +1	A
EMBASSY OF SPAIN	LONDON	Government Authorised Exchange, International Agreement	A
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands	London	International Agreement, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Essex County Council	Chelmsford	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Fire Service College Ltd	Moreton In Marsh	Government Authorised Exchange	A
Genome Research Limited	Cambridge	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker +1	A
Girton College	Cambridge	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Glasgow Caledonian University	Glasgow	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Goldsmiths University of London	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Gonville and Caius College	Cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Greenlight Healthcare Ltd	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
GTI Recruiting Solutions	London	Government Authorised Exchange	A
Heriot-Watt University	EDINBURGH	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
HM Revenue & Customs	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
HR Wallingford Group Limited	Wallingford	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker +1	A
HRMNY	Clacton on Sea	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Imperial College London (HR)	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Institute for Fiscal Studies	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Ionoptika Ltd	Chandler's Ford	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
IRARA Services Ltd	Sheffield	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Jesus College	Cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Keele University - Human Resources	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
King's College	Cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Creative Worker +1	A
King's College London	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Kingston University	Kingston upon Thames	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Lancaster University	Lancaster	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Lantra	Coventry	Government Authorised Exchange	A
Leeds Beckett University	LEEDS	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
Liverpool Hope University	Liverpool	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Liverpool John Moores University	Liverpool	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
London and South East University Group	Greenwich	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Lucy Cavendish College	Cambridge	Charity Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
master and fellows of peterhouse	cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
MCF Ltd	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker +1	A
Merchiston Castle School	Edinburgh	Charity Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
Middlesex University	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Mountbatten Programmes Ltd	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker +1	A
MUTUS TECH LTD	Liverpool	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Newcastle University	Newcastle Upon Tyne	Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker +2	A
Newnham College	Cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Northeastern University - London	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
Northumbria University	Newcastle Upon Tyne	International Sportsperson, Skilled Worker +1	A
Nottingham Trent University - Human Resources	Nottingham	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Odin Medical Ltd	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Oxford Brookes University	Oxford	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Pembroke College	Cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Progressive Tours Ltd	Amersham	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Quadram Institute Bioscience	Norwich	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Quantinuum Limited	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Quantum Motion Technologies Limited	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Queen's University Belfast	Belfast	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker +1	A
Queens' College	Cambridge	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Resurrect Bio Ltd	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Robinson College	Cambridge	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Royal College of Surgeons of England	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Royal Veterinary College	Hatfield	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Royal Veterinary College	London	Government Authorised Exchange	A
Science Museum Group	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Scottish Association for Marine Science	Oban	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Selwyn College	Cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Sheffield Hallam University	Sheffield	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Sidney Sussex College	Cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Social Security Scotland	Dundee	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
St Catharine's College	Cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
St John's College, Cambridge	Cambridge	Creative Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
St Mary's University	Twickeham	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
St Mary's University	Twickenham	Government Authorised Exchange	A
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	Stockport	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Swansea University	Swansea	Skilled Worker, Creative Worker +1	A
The Aga Khan University (International) in the United Kingdom	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law	London	Charity Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
The British Museum	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Charity Worker +1	A
The Centre for Language Education and Cooperation, UK	London	Government Authorised Exchange	A
The Embassy of Belgium - Trade Office for Wallonia (AWEX)	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
The General Council of the Bar of England and Wales "The Bar Council"	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
The Institute of Cancer Research	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
The Institute of Ismaili Studies	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
The Law Society of England and Wales	London	Government Authorised Exchange	A
The Master and Fellows of Emmanuel College in the University of Cambridge	Cambridge	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
The Moredun Foundation	Midlothian	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
The National Archives	Richmond	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
The Open University	Milton Keynes	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
The Pirbright Institute	Surrey	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
The Robert Gordon University	Aberdeen	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Charity Worker, Skilled Worker +2	A
The Royal Institute of International Affairs	London	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
The Sainsbury Laboratory	Norwich	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
The University of Cambridge	Cambridge	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
The University of Salford	Salford	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
The University of Sheffield	Sheffield	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
The University of Winchester	Winchester	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
The University of Worcester	Worcester	International Sportsperson, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
Toscafund Asset Management LLP	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
Trinity College	Cambridge	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker +2	A
Trinity College Dublin at Belfast	Belfast	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
Twin Group	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
UK Health Security Agency	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
UK Research and Innovation	Swindon	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
UK Space Agency	Swindon	Government Authorised Exchange	A
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority	Abingdon	International Agreement, Skilled Worker +1	A
University College London	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
University of Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
University of Bath	Bath	Skilled Worker, International Sportsperson +2	A
University of Brighton	Brighton	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
University of Chester	Chester	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
University of Derby	Derby	Skilled Worker, Creative Worker +2	A
University of Dundee	Dundee	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange	A
University of Durham	Durham	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
University of East London	London	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A
University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Government Authorised Exchange, Charity Worker +2	A
University of Exeter	Exeter	Skilled Worker, Charity Worker +3	A
University of Glasgow	Glasgow	Government Authorised Exchange, Skilled Worker	A
University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation	Hatfield	Skilled Worker, Government Authorised Exchange +1	A

All routes and towns: UK visa sponsor employers.

Source: Register of licensed sponsors: workers (Home Office, GOV.UK), register of 2026-10-23, Open Government Licence v3.0. Organisations only: names that look like a private person are not listed. A licence lets an employer sponsor workers; it is not a job offer. Check the current register before relying on a listing. Independent of the Home Office.

Cite as: Arcadium Data, "UK Government Authorised Exchange visa sponsors: 232 licensed employers", https://arcadiumdata.io/uk-visa-sponsors/route/government-authorised-exchange/, data as of 2026-10-25.