How we build this information
Built from experience. Verified against official sources. Designed for founders.
Visa information
Taken from official GOV.UK sources: the Innovator Founder visa guidance, Appendix Innovator Founder of the Immigration Rules, the official list of endorsing bodies and the health surcharge guidance. Every official item shows its source link and the date we last checked it. The current check date is 23 September 2026. Each item also has a review date, so we re-check it before it goes stale. Fees usually change in April.
Endorsing body information
Which bodies can endorse comes from the official GOV.UK list. What each body does comes from its own published website, which we summarise in our own words and link to. We list bodies alphabetically and never rank, rate or recommend them. Where we couldn’t verify something, we say so rather than fill the gap from blogs or forums.
Business guidance and templates
Our practical guidance comes from consulting experience in business strategy and in helping founders understand the endorsement process. The templates, worksheets and frameworks are our own. They are labelled as ours and never presented as official requirements.
Your work and research
Everything you enter is labelled as yours. The research tools ask for a source for every factual claim. Anything without one is treated as an assumption, and is never presented as fact in your documents.
AI
AI may be used as a supporting tool, for example to help draft or organise material. It is not how we decide what is true. Official information is checked against GOV.UK. Guidance is reviewed and edited by people. The product is not automatically generated AI content. The prompt library in Prepare helps you use AI tools carefully, with rules that forbid invented statistics, sources and customers.
About Innovator Founder Hub
Innovator Founder Hub is an independent educational and business-preparation platform. It is not a law firm, an immigration adviser or an endorsing body, and it is not affiliated with the Home Office, UKVI or any endorsing body. See Need immigration advice? if you need advice on your own circumstances.
Important
We are not immigration lawyers or regulated immigration advisers and we do not provide immigration advice.
Visa and immigration information in this platform is provided for general educational purposes and is based on information published by the UK Government on GOV.UK at the time of publication.
Immigration rules, government guidance, fees and endorsing body information can change. Always check the latest information directly on GOV.UK.
If you require advice about your individual immigration circumstances, you should consult an appropriately qualified and regulated immigration professional.
Our practical guidance relates to business preparation and understanding the Innovator Founder endorsement process. It does not guarantee endorsement, visa approval or settlement.