--- title: "Bank of China (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bank-of-china-uk-limited-london-797488 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 China (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Bank of China (UK) Limited (Companies House 06193060, London) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: 1 Lothbury, London, EC2R 7DB - Companies House number: 06193060 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06193060) - Website: https://www.bochk.com - 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-china-uk-limited-london-797488 ## 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 38 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 18 May 2026: New director appointed: LUO, Ying. Director change recorded on 18 May 2026. 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. - 30 Apr 2026: Director resigned: HARDY, Simon Charles. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 13 Apr 2026: Director resigned: REN, Li. Director change recorded on 13 Apr 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 Jan 2026: New director appointed: KEERS, Richard John. Director change recorded on 19 Jan 2026. 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. - 18 Aug 2025: Director resigned: WANG, Huabin. Director change recorded on 18 Aug 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. - 18 Aug 2025: New director appointed: ZHANG, Lijuan. Director change recorded on 18 Aug 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: New director appointed: PENG, Jinjun. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 8 May 2025: Director resigned: TRUSSLER, Stewart Henry. Director change recorded on 8 May 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. - 14 Mar 2025: Director resigned: SPENCE, Jonathan. Director change recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 11 Mar 2025: New director appointed: REN, Li. Director change recorded on 11 Mar 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. - 10 Mar 2025: New director appointed: REID, Peter John. Director change recorded on 10 Mar 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. - 5 Mar 2025: New director appointed: REID, Richard Harry. Director change recorded on 5 Mar 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. - 9 Oct 2024: Director resigned: LI, Jiuzhong. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 1 Oct 2024: Director resigned: PRICE, David Robert. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 14 May 2024: Director resigned: SHI, Wei. Director change recorded on 14 May 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. - 16 Feb 2023: New director appointed: PRICE, David Robert. Director change recorded on 16 Feb 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 Oct 2022: New director appointed: WANG, Huabin. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 8 Jul 2022: Director resigned: REN, Li. Director change recorded on 8 Jul 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. - 20 Sep 2021: Director resigned: SUN, Yu, Mr.. Director change recorded on 20 Sep 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. - 13 Sep 2021: New director appointed: LI, Jiuzhong. Director change recorded on 13 Sep 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. - 11 Dec 2018: Director resigned: GAO, Yingxin. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 2018. 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. - 2 Nov 2018: New director appointed: FANG, Wenjian. Director change recorded on 2 Nov 2018. 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 Dec 2017: Director resigned: HINDS, Stephen Eric. Director change recorded on 13 Dec 2017. 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 Nov 2017: New director appointed: TRUSSLER, Stewart Henry. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 2017. 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. - 28 Sep 2017: Secretary resigned: SARTORIS, Jon. Company secretary change recorded on 28 Sep 2017. 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. - + 13 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 8 live vacancies tracked for this employer (19 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Assistant Vice President - Compliance Assurance · EC2R7DB · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/assistant-vice-president-compliance-assurance/57468185 - Senior Assistant - Payments & Data Solutions · The City, Central London · £41,485 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5886682382?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - Cyber Security Analyst · London, UK · £30,273 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5795986020?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - Associate - Operational Resilience · London, UK · £66,882 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5854595054?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - Senior Associate - Custody Business Operations · The City, Central London · £42,581 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5926399158?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - Senior Associate - Custody Business Operations · London, UK · £45,279 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5926365885?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - \[HKTE London Career Fair\] Data Scientist (Based in Hong Kong) - Bank Of China (Hong Kong) Limited · London, UK · £40,844 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5885918304?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 - \[HKTE London Career Fair\] Assistant / Deputy Application Development Manager (Data Platform Planning & Management) (Based in Hong Kong) - Bank Of China (Hong Kong) Limited · London, UK · £41,050 · live · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5885918303?utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3 All listings: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/jobs?sponsorId=797488&employer=Bank%20of%20China%20(UK)%20Limited A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Bank of China (UK) Limited ### Is Bank of China (UK) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Bank of China (UK) Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Bank of China (UK) Limited sponsor? Bank of China (UK) Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Does Bank of China (UK) Limited have any jobs open right now? We are currently tracking 8 live vacancies from Bank of China (UK) Limited on UK job boards. Not every job offers sponsorship, so check the advert or ask the employer. ### Where is Bank of China (UK) Limited based? The register lists Bank of China (UK) Limited at 1 Lothbury, London, EC2R 7DB. 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 06193060. 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-china-uk-limited-london-797488 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bank-of-china-uk-limited-london-797488.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.