--- title: "CLS UK Intermediate Holdings Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cls-uk-intermediate-holdings-ltd-london-786733 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 --- # CLS UK Intermediate Holdings Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, CLS UK Intermediate Holdings Ltd (trading as CLS Group; Companies House 03391758; 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 - Trading as: CLS Group - Legal name: CLS UK INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LTD. - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: Exchange Tower, 1 Harbour Exchange Square, London, E14 9GE - Companies House number: 03391758 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03391758) - Website: https://www.cls-group.com - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cls-bank - 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/cls-uk-intermediate-holdings-ltd-london-786733 ## 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 36 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 26 Oct 2026: Secretary resigned: PRESTON, Michael, Mr.. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 23 Nov 2026. - 9 Jun 2026: Director resigned: COVIN, Alberto. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 9 Jun 2026: Director resigned: BERKERY, Tom. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 9 Jun 2026: Director resigned: LUCAS, Scott Andrew. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 9 Jun 2025: New director appointed: LUCAS, Scott Andrew. Director change recorded on 9 Jun 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 Jun 2025: Director resigned: KENNEDY, Sheryl Lynn, Ms.. Director change recorded on 9 Jun 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. - 9 Jun 2025: Director resigned: KEENAN, Karen Creegan, Ms.. Director change recorded on 9 Jun 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. - 4 Jun 2024: New director appointed: COVIN, Alberto. Director change recorded on 4 Jun 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. - 4 Jun 2024: New director appointed: BERKERY, Tom. Director change recorded on 4 Jun 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. - 4 Jun 2024: Director resigned: SAHEL, Rodolphe. Director change recorded on 4 Jun 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. - 4 Jun 2024: Director resigned: MUZZARELLI, Paolo. Director change recorded on 4 Jun 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. - 31 Jan 2024: Director resigned: TRUNDLE, John Malcolm, Mr.. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 20 Nov 2023: Director resigned: LICHTER, Gilbert Marcel. Director change recorded on 20 Nov 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. - 14 Jun 2023: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 14 Jun 2023. 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. - 6 Jun 2023: New director appointed: SAHEL, Rodolphe. Director change recorded on 6 Jun 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. - 6 Jun 2023: New director appointed: MUZZARELLI, Paolo. Director change recorded on 6 Jun 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. - 6 Jun 2023: Director resigned: STENNING, William Nicholas. Director change recorded on 6 Jun 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. - 18 May 2022: New director appointed: KEENAN, Karen Creegan, Ms.. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 17 May 2022: Director resigned: LAWRENCE, Michael David, Mr.. Director change recorded on 17 May 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. - 7 May 2020: New director appointed: KENNEDY, Sheryl Lynn, Ms.. Director change recorded on 7 May 2020. 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. - 7 May 2020: New director appointed: TRUNDLE, John Malcolm, Mr.. Director change recorded on 7 May 2020. 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 Nov 2019: Director resigned: CANTEENWALA, Javid Soli. Director change recorded on 21 Nov 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. - 21 Nov 2019: Director resigned: HAGON, John Francis. Director change recorded on 21 Nov 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. - 10 Dec 2018: New secretary appointed: PRESTON, Michael, Mr.. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Dec 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. - 7 Dec 2018: Secretary resigned: PRENDIVILLE, Rice. Company secretary change recorded on 7 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. - + 11 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 CLS UK Intermediate Holdings Ltd ### Is CLS UK Intermediate Holdings Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. CLS UK Intermediate Holdings 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 CLS UK Intermediate Holdings Ltd sponsor? CLS UK Intermediate Holdings 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 CLS UK Intermediate Holdings Ltd based? The register lists CLS UK Intermediate Holdings Ltd at Exchange Tower, 1 Harbour Exchange Square, London, E14 9GE. 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 03391758. 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/cls-uk-intermediate-holdings-ltd-london-786733 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cls-uk-intermediate-holdings-ltd-london-786733.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.