--- title: "Failbetter Games: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/failbetter-games-london-718296 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 --- # Failbetter Games: UK sponsor licence status > As of 3 November 2026, Failbetter Games (Companies House 07121579, 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 2 August 2018 (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: 2 August 2018 - Legal name: FAILBETTER GAMES LIMITED - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: London - Registered address: 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, England, WC1N 3AX - Companies House number: 07121579 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07121579) - Website: https://www.failbettergames.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/failbetter-games-london-718296 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,663 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 15,368 in Technology & Software: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/technology-software - Among 122,156 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 26 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 1 Mar 2024: Notification of Mr Paul Arendt as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Mar 2024. 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. - 1 Mar 2024: Cessation of Mr Alexis Martin Calday Kennedy as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Mar 2024. 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. - 31 Jul 2023: Director resigned: MCMENOMY, Mary Luthien Juliana, Dr. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 16 Sep 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 16 Sep 2022. 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. - 5 Aug 2022: New director appointed: CARIC, Ivan. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2022: Director resigned: CARIC, Ivan. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2022: New director appointed: KENNEDY, Alexis Martin Calday. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2022: Director resigned: KENNEDY, Alexis Martin Calday. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2022: New director appointed: BEVAN, Charlotte Samia Purdie. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2022: Director resigned: BEVAN, Charlotte Samia Purdie. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2022: New director appointed: AVELLONE, Christopher Frederic. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2022: Director resigned: AVELLONE, Christopher Frederic. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2022: New director appointed: KENNEDY, Penelope Anne Margaret. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2022: Director resigned: KENNEDY, Penelope Anne Margaret. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2022: New director appointed: HOSTY, Matthew Thomas Alexander, Dr. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2022: Director resigned: HOSTY, Matthew Thomas Alexander, Dr. Director change recorded on 5 Aug 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. - 5 Aug 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 5 Aug 2022. 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. - 8 Jul 2022: Director resigned: SENIOR, Henry George Iain. Director change recorded on 8 Jul 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. - 29 Jun 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 29 Jun 2022. 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. - 2 Mar 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 2 Mar 2022. 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. - 15 Feb 2022: Notification of Mr Alexis Martin Calday Kennedy as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 15 Feb 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. - 15 Feb 2022: Cessation of Mr Paul Arendt as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Feb 2022. 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. - 18 Aug 2021: Director resigned: GARDINER, Chris Harry. Director change recorded on 18 Aug 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. - 18 May 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 18 May 2020. 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. - 2 Jan 2020: New director appointed: MCMENOMY, Mary Luthien Juliana, Dr. Director change recorded on 2 Jan 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. - + 1 earlier change 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 Failbetter Games ### Is Failbetter Games a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Failbetter Games in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Failbetter Games sponsor? Failbetter Games is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Failbetter Games based? The register lists Failbetter Games at 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, England, WC1N 3AX. 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 07121579. 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/failbetter-games-london-718296 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/failbetter-games-london-718296.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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