--- title: "Challenge Group Brokers (UK) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/challenge-group-brokers-uk-ltd-london-732243 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 --- # Challenge Group Brokers (UK) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Challenge Group Brokers (UK) Ltd (Companies House 08024885, 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 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: CHALLENGE BROKERS LIMITED - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: 106 5th Floor 106 Leadenhall Street, London, England, EC3A 4AA - Companies House number: 08024885 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08024885) - 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/challenge-group-brokers-uk-ltd-london-732243 ## 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: - 18 Feb 2026: Notification of Ms Elena Bredikhina as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 18 Feb 2026. 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. - 12 Feb 2026: Director resigned: CATT, Charles James. Director change recorded on 12 Feb 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. - 23 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mr Charles James Catt as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 Dec 2025. 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. - 20 Oct 2025: New director appointed: BREDIKHINA, Elena. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 12 Jul 2024: Company name changed, now trading as "CHALLENGE BROKERS LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 12 Jul 2024. 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. - 17 Sep 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 17 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. - 1 Dec 2022: Notification of Mr Charles James Catt as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Dec 2022. 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. - 17 Jun 2022: Director resigned: BREDIKHINA, Elena. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Jun 2022: New director appointed: AINSLIE, Andrew John. Director change recorded on 17 Jun 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. - 24 Jan 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 24 Jan 2019. 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. - 5 Nov 2018: Director resigned: CATT, Stuart Robert. Director change recorded on 5 Nov 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. - 5 Nov 2018: New secretary appointed: BREDIKHINA, Elena. Company secretary change recorded on 5 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. - 23 Mar 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 23 Mar 2018. 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. - 21 Mar 2018: New director appointed: CATT, Stuart Robert. Director change recorded on 21 Mar 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Challenge Group Holdings Pte. Ltd 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Cessation of Challenge Group Holdings Pte. Ltd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 1 Jan 2014: New secretary appointed: CATT, Stuart Robert. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jan 2014. 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 Jan 2014: Secretary resigned: CATT, Marion Elizabeth. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jan 2014. 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 Challenge Group Brokers (UK) Ltd ### Is Challenge Group Brokers (UK) Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Challenge Group Brokers (UK) Ltd 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 Challenge Group Brokers (UK) Ltd sponsor? Challenge Group Brokers (UK) Ltd 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 Challenge Group Brokers (UK) Ltd based? The register lists Challenge Group Brokers (UK) Ltd at 106 5th Floor 106 Leadenhall Street, London, England, EC3A 4AA. 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 08024885. 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/challenge-group-brokers-uk-ltd-london-732243 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/challenge-group-brokers-uk-ltd-london-732243.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.