--- title: "Alipay (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/alipay-uk-limited-london-775397 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Alipay (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Alipay (UK) Limited (trading as Alipay Global Merchant Portal; Companies House 08098385; London) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 6 August 2015 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 6 August 2015 - Trading as: Alipay Global Merchant Portal - Legal name: AIUK SERVICES LIMITED - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: 8th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, England, SW1P 4QP - Companies House number: 08098385 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08098385) - Website: https://global.alipay.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alipay/ - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/alipay-uk-limited-london-775397 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 7,429 in Financial Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/financial-services - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 47 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 31 May 2026: Director resigned: ZHOU, Yi. Director change recorded on 31 May 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Sep 2025: New director appointed: LAU, Hoi Yan Irene. Director change recorded on 19 Sep 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Jul 2025: Director resigned: ZHANG, Ye. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 Jul 2025: Company name changed, now trading as "AIUK SERVICES LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 22 Jul 2025. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 13 Jun 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 13 Jun 2025. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 10 Dec 2024: Director resigned: LIN, Richard Chih-Chiu. Director change recorded on 10 Dec 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 29 Oct 2024: New director appointed: ZHOU, Yi. Director change recorded on 29 Oct 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 7 Oct 2024: Director resigned: FEAGIN, Douglas Lehman. Director change recorded on 7 Oct 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 3 Oct 2024: New director appointed: YANG, Peng. Director change recorded on 3 Oct 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 13 Mar 2024: Director resigned: ZHAO, Ying. Director change recorded on 13 Mar 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 28 Dec 2023: Cessation of Yun Jack Ma as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 28 Dec 2023. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 27 Sep 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 27 Sep 2023. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Sep 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 26 Sep 2023. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 7 Oct 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 7 Oct 2022. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 13 Mar 2022: New director appointed: ZHANG, Ye. Director change recorded on 13 Mar 2022. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 4 Jan 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Jan 2022. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 10 Dec 2021: Director resigned: LLOYD, David Edward. Director change recorded on 10 Dec 2021. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 11 May 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 11 May 2021. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 10 May 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 10 May 2021. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 10 Feb 2021: New director appointed: LIN, Richard Chih-Chiu. Director change recorded on 10 Feb 2021. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 10 Feb 2021: Director resigned: SUEN, Hoi Lee. Director change recorded on 10 Feb 2021. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 7 Sep 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 7 Sep 2020. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 Apr 2020: New director appointed: LLOYD, David Edward. Director change recorded on 22 Apr 2020. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 Apr 2020: Director resigned: LIU, Yu. Director change recorded on 22 Apr 2020. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 3 Mar 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 3 Mar 2020. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - + 22 earlier changes on the web page Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about Alipay (UK) Limited ### Is Alipay (UK) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Alipay (UK) Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Alipay (UK) Limited sponsor? Alipay (UK) Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Alipay (UK) Limited based? The register lists Alipay (UK) Limited at 8th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, England, SW1P 4QP. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 08098385. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/alipay-uk-limited-london-775397 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/alipay-uk-limited-london-775397.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.