--- title: "Burford Capital (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/burford-capital-uk-limited-london-688147 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 --- # Burford Capital (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Burford Capital (UK) Limited (Companies House 06016173, 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 24 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 24 August 2013 - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: 8th Floor, Brettenham House, 2-19 Lancaster Place, London, England, WC2E 7EN - Companies House number: 06016173 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06016173) - Website: https://www.burfordcapital.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/burford-capital/ - 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/burford-capital-uk-limited-london-688147 ## 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 32 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Jun 2026: Director resigned: ARNOTT, Craig Geoffrey. Director change recorded on 25 Jun 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. - 25 Jun 2026: New director appointed: LENKNER, Travis Dean. Director change recorded on 25 Jun 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. - 25 Jun 2026: New director appointed: WOODMAN, Andrew David Evan. Director change recorded on 25 Jun 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. - 29 May 2026: Director resigned: REDMAN, Michael Andrew. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 3 Aug 2023: Secretary resigned: LEIBFRIED, Philipp Ferdinand. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Aug 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. - 3 Aug 2023: New corporate-secretary appointed: HIGHVERN FUND SERVICES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Aug 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. - 30 May 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 30 May 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. - 23 Jun 2022: Director resigned: BOGART, Christopher Peter. Director change recorded on 23 Jun 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. - 22 Jun 2022: Director resigned: MOLOT, Jonathan Todd. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 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 Mar 2022: Director resigned: CLARK, Ross David. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 22 Dec 2021: New director appointed: REDMAN, Michael Andrew. Director change recorded on 22 Dec 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. - 12 Jul 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 12 Jul 2019. 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. - 19 Feb 2019: New secretary appointed: LEIBFRIED, Philipp Ferdinand. Company secretary change recorded on 19 Feb 2019. 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. - 19 Feb 2019: Secretary resigned: MARSHALL, Hugo Richard Leask. Company secretary change recorded on 19 Feb 2019. 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 Jul 2017: New secretary appointed: MARSHALL, Hugo Richard Leask. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 31 Jul 2017: Secretary resigned: LEAKE, Hayley. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 28 Apr 2017: New director appointed: PASTER, Leslie. Director change recorded on 28 Apr 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. - 25 Aug 2016: New director appointed: ARNOTT, Craig Geoffrey. Director change recorded on 25 Aug 2016. 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 Aug 2016: New director appointed: ARNOTT, Craig Geoffrey. Director change recorded on 8 Aug 2016. 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 Aug 2016: Director resigned: ARNOTT, Craig Geoffrey. Director change recorded on 8 Aug 2016. 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 Jul 2016: Director resigned: ROWLES-DAVIES, John Nicholas. Director change recorded on 8 Jul 2016. 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 Apr 2016: Director resigned: MAHONEY, Julia. Director change recorded on 12 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Burford Capital Holdings (Uk) Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 14 Oct 2015: Director resigned: GARBER, Jeremy. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 2015. 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 Jun 2015: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 22 Jun 2015. 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 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 Burford Capital (UK) Limited ### Is Burford Capital (UK) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Burford Capital (UK) Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Burford Capital (UK) Limited sponsor? Burford Capital (UK) Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Burford Capital (UK) Limited based? The register lists Burford Capital (UK) Limited at 8th Floor, Brettenham House, 2-19 Lancaster Place, London, England, WC2E 7EN. 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 06016173. 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/burford-capital-uk-limited-london-688147 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/burford-capital-uk-limited-london-688147.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.