--- title: "Big Issue Invest Limited T/A The Big Issue Invest: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/big-issue-invest-limited-t-a-the-big-issue-invest-london-799152 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 --- # Big Issue Invest Limited T/A The Big Issue Invest: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Big Issue Invest Limited T/A The Big Issue Invest (Companies House 04764982, London) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 13 April 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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 13 April 2022 - Legal name: Big Issue Invest Limited - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: 113-115 Fonthill Road, London, England, N4 3HH - Companies House number: 04764982 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04764982) - Website: https://www.bigissue.com/invest - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-big-issue/mycompany/ - 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/big-issue-invest-limited-t-a-the-big-issue-invest-london-799152 ## 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 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 19 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 21 May 2026: New director appointed: WESTPHELY, Holger. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 20 May 2026: New director appointed: PRESTON, John-Paul. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 May 2026: New director appointed: UHORSKA, Yuliia. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 31 Jan 2026: Director resigned: ALLEN, Martin. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 12 Jan 2026: Director resigned: PORTER, Mark. Director change recorded on 12 Jan 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. - 12 Jan 2026: New director appointed: KNOTT, Jennifer Katherine. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 13 Nov 2025: New director appointed: BROOKS, Fay Gina. Director change recorded on 13 Nov 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. - 21 Apr 2025: Director resigned: SACHDEVA, Sandeep. Director change recorded on 21 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2025: Director resigned: SATTAR, Danyal Nurus. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 May 2024: Director resigned: BOOTHBY, Louise Gillian. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 28 Mar 2024: New director appointed: SATTAR, Danyal Nurus. Director change recorded on 28 Mar 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. - 25 Jan 2024: New director appointed: PORTER, Mark. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 25 Jan 2024: Director resigned: TAYLOR, Warren Paul. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 25 Jan 2024: Director resigned: SIMMS, Mark Shaun. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 25 Jan 2024: New director appointed: MCDOUGALL GILLIGAN, Robert John. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 15 Dec 2023: New director appointed: GOSLING, Lawrence Arthur. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 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. - 22 Mar 2023: Director resigned: WEST, Timothy John Harold. Director change recorded on 22 Mar 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. - 8 Dec 2022: New director appointed: VERJEE, Shaheen. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 23 Nov 2022: Director resigned: CLARKE, Amy. Director change recorded on 23 Nov 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. 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 Big Issue Invest Limited T/A The Big Issue Invest ### Is Big Issue Invest Limited T/A The Big Issue Invest a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Big Issue Invest Limited T/A The Big Issue Invest 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 Big Issue Invest Limited T/A The Big Issue Invest sponsor? Big Issue Invest Limited T/A The Big Issue Invest is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Big Issue Invest Limited T/A The Big Issue Invest based? The register lists Big Issue Invest Limited T/A The Big Issue Invest at 113-115 Fonthill Road, London, England, N4 3HH. 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 04764982. 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/big-issue-invest-limited-t-a-the-big-issue-invest-london-799152 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/big-issue-invest-limited-t-a-the-big-issue-invest-london-799152.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.