--- title: "Equals Group PLC: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/equals-group-plc-london-769435 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-02 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Equals Group PLC: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Equals Group PLC (Companies House 08922461, 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 9 August 2021 (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: 9 August 2021 - Legal name: EQUALS GROUP LIMITED - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: Third Floor Thames House Vintners Place, 68 Upper Thames Street, London, EC4V 3BJ - Companies House number: 08922461 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08922461) - Website: https://www.fairfx.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fairfx/ - Register data as of: 2 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/equals-group-plc-london-769435 ## 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 28 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 2 Aug 2025: Corporate-secretary resigned: ONE ADVISORY LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 2 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. - 28 May 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 28 May 2025. 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. - 29 Apr 2025: Company name changed, now trading as "EQUALS GROUP LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 29 Apr 2025, alongside a new majority owner or controller. 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. - 25 Apr 2025: New director appointed: NADEEM, Shujaat, Dr. Director change recorded on 25 Apr 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. - 24 Apr 2025: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 24 Apr 2025, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 14 Apr 2025: Notification of Alakazam Holdings Bidco Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 14 Apr 2025. 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 Apr 2025: Director resigned: BONES, Christopher John, Professor. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Apr 2025: Director resigned: HERBERT, Sian. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Apr 2025: Director resigned: COOPER, Richard Quentin Mortimer. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Apr 2025: Director resigned: HUGHES, Alan Renatus Frederick. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Apr 2025: New director appointed: ALIOGLU, Tughan. Director change recorded on 14 Apr 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. - 14 Apr 2025: New director appointed: SKIBNEVSKIY, Nikolay. Director change recorded on 14 Apr 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. - 14 Apr 2025: New director appointed: KNOLL, Joseph. Director change recorded on 14 Apr 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. - 14 Apr 2025: New director appointed: BOON, Matthijs Willem Adriaan. Director change recorded on 14 Apr 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. - 25 Oct 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Oct 2024. 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. - 13 Aug 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 13 Aug 2024. 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. - 24 Jan 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 24 Jan 2024. 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. - 9 Jan 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Jan 2024. 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. - 1 Nov 2023: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 30 Oct 2023: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 30 Oct 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. - 25 Jul 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Jul 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. - 20 Apr 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Apr 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. - 1 Feb 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 27 May 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 27 May 2022. 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. - 21 Mar 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 21 Mar 2022. 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. - + 3 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 Equals Group PLC ### Is Equals Group PLC a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Equals Group PLC in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Equals Group PLC sponsor? Equals Group PLC is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Equals Group PLC based? The register lists Equals Group PLC at Third Floor Thames House Vintners Place, 68 Upper Thames Street, London, EC4V 3BJ. 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 2 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 08922461. 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/equals-group-plc-london-769435 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/equals-group-plc-london-769435.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.