--- title: "Bank of Africa United Kingdom PLC: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bank-of-africa-united-kingdom-plc-london-765074 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 --- # Bank of Africa United Kingdom PLC: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Bank of Africa United Kingdom PLC (Companies House 05321714, 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 4 February 2022 (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: 4 February 2022 - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: 26 Upper Brook Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 7QE - Companies House number: 05321714 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05321714) - Website: https://www.bankofafricaunitedkingdom.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bmce-bank-international-plc - 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/bank-of-africa-united-kingdom-plc-london-765074 ## 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 18 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: BAKER-MENETREY, Fabienne. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 19 Sep 2025: New director appointed: CRAIG, Stephen John. 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. - 13 Feb 2025: New director appointed: EL KAISSI, Zouhair. Director change recorded on 13 Feb 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. - 17 Aug 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 17 Aug 2024. 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. - 24 Jul 2023: Director resigned: SNEDDEN, Ralph Cameron. Director change recorded on 24 Jul 2023. 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. - 30 Apr 2023: Director resigned: PARRY, Richard. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 2023. 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. - 17 Feb 2023: Director resigned: BARAKAT, Houssam El Hak Morssi. Director change recorded on 17 Feb 2023. 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. - 15 Feb 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 15 Feb 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. - 14 Feb 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 14 Feb 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. - 6 Feb 2023: Director resigned: AFRINE, Mohammed. Director change recorded on 6 Feb 2023. 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 Jan 2023: New director appointed: LAHBABI, Omar. Director change recorded on 7 Jan 2023. 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. - 2 Jan 2023: New director appointed: ADREN, Said. Director change recorded on 2 Jan 2023. 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. - 1 Dec 2022: New director appointed: BAKER-MENETREY, Fabienne. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 31 Oct 2022: Corporate-secretary resigned: TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Oct 2022. 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. - 31 Oct 2022: New secretary appointed: QUIRKE, Lucy. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Oct 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. - 14 Aug 2022: Director resigned: SURATGAR, David. Director change recorded on 14 Aug 2022. 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. - 1 May 2022: New director appointed: SIOUFFI, Walter. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. - 1 May 2022: New director appointed: GROVES, Richard William Lewis. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. 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 Bank of Africa United Kingdom PLC ### Is Bank of Africa United Kingdom PLC a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Bank of Africa United Kingdom PLC in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Bank of Africa United Kingdom PLC sponsor? Bank of Africa United Kingdom PLC 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 Bank of Africa United Kingdom PLC based? The register lists Bank of Africa United Kingdom PLC at 26 Upper Brook Street, Mayfair, London, W1K 7QE. 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 05321714. 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/bank-of-africa-united-kingdom-plc-london-765074 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bank-of-africa-united-kingdom-plc-london-765074.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.