--- title: "Equatorial Traders Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/equatorial-traders-limited-london-772969 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-03 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Equatorial Traders Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 3 November 2026, Equatorial Traders Limited (Companies House 02620426, 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 14 June 2019 (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: 14 June 2019 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: London - Registered address: Unit 3, The Onyx 102 Camley Street, King's Cross, London, England, N1C 4PF - Companies House number: 02620426 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02620426) - Website: https://www.equatorialtraders.com - Register data as of: 3 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/equatorial-traders-limited-london-772969 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,663 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 17,317 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,156 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 18 changes worth checking, checked 3 November 2026, newest first: - 9 Sep 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 9 Sep 2026. 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 Jan 2026: New director appointed: JOHAL, Manjinder. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: MADHAVJI, Jagdish Dullabhji. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 Dec 2025: Director resigned: BACHATENE, Salim. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 Dec 2025: Director resigned: KOHLER, Reinhard Matthias. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 7 Nov 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Nov 2025. 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 Jun 2025: Notification of Equatorial Traders Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 3 Jun 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. - 3 Jun 2025: Cessation of Mr Rupen Manherlal Soochak as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 3 Jun 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. - 4 Jan 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Jan 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 Dec 2022: New director appointed: MADHAVJI, Jagdish Dullabhji. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 Dec 2022: New director appointed: BACHATENE, Salim. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 Dec 2022: New director appointed: KOHLER, Reinhard Matthias. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 20 Dec 2022: New director appointed: LENTON-BROOK, Jordan Alexander William Henry. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 22 Jun 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Jun 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. - 31 Jan 2021: Director resigned: SOOCHAK, Chandrika Manherlal. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 2021. 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 2021: Director resigned: SOOCHAK, Manherlal Pradhan. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 2021. 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. - 15 Apr 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Apr 2020. 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 Sep 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 5 Sep 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. 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 Equatorial Traders Limited ### Is Equatorial Traders Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Equatorial Traders Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Equatorial Traders Limited sponsor? Equatorial Traders Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Equatorial Traders Limited based? The register lists Equatorial Traders Limited at Unit 3, The Onyx 102 Camley Street, King's Cross, London, England, N1C 4PF. 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 3 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 02620426. 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/equatorial-traders-limited-london-772969 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/equatorial-traders-limited-london-772969.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.