--- title: "Fine & Rare Wines Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fine-and-rare-wines-limited-london-691728 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 --- # Fine & Rare Wines Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 3 November 2026, Fine & Rare Wines Limited (Companies House 02966320, 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 25 February 2016 (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: 25 February 2016 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: London - Registered address: Centennium House, 100 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6DL - Companies House number: 02966320 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02966320) - Website: https://www.frw.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/fine-rare - 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/fine-and-rare-wines-limited-london-691728 ## 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 43 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 31 Oct 2026: Director resigned: COMFORT IV, William Twyman. Director change recorded on 31 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 27 Nov 2026. - 16 Feb 2026: Director resigned: PATON, John. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 6 May 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 6 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. - 12 Nov 2024: Director resigned: VALETTE, Jean-Michel. Director change recorded on 12 Nov 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. - 29 Oct 2024: New director appointed: PURI, Ajit Singh. Director change recorded on 29 Oct 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. - 8 Oct 2024: Director resigned: BEDINI, Marco Carlo. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 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. - 23 Jan 2024: Secretary resigned: BOTTOMLEY, Andrew Peter. Company secretary change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Jan 2024: New secretary appointed: CAIRNS, Sara. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Jan 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. - 23 Jan 2024: New director appointed: AZIZ, Joshan Mustafa. Director change recorded on 23 Jan 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. - 5 May 2023: New director appointed: COMFORT IV, William Twyman. Director change recorded on 5 May 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. - 5 May 2023: Director resigned: COMFORT, William Twyman Iii. Director change recorded on 5 May 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. - 27 Oct 2022: New director appointed: VALETTE, Jean-Michel. Director change recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 21 Oct 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 21 Oct 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. - 17 Oct 2022: New director appointed: ST. PIERRE, Don. Director change recorded on 17 Oct 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 Jul 2022: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 4 Jul 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Jul 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. - 2 Feb 2021: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 2 Feb 2021. 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. - 4 Jan 2021: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Jan 2021. 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 Jan 2021: New director appointed: PATON, John. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 2021. 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 Dec 2020: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Dec 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. - 21 Feb 2020: New person with significant control: Mr William Twyman Iii Comfort. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Feb 2020. 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. - 21 Feb 2020: Cessation of Mr Mark Carlo Bedini as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Feb 2020. 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 Oct 2019: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 16 Jan 2018: New director appointed: WOLFSON, Andrew Daniel. Director change recorded on 16 Jan 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. - 8 Jan 2018: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 8 Jan 2018. 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. - + 18 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 Fine & Rare Wines Limited ### Is Fine & Rare Wines Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Fine & Rare Wines Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Fine & Rare Wines Limited sponsor? Fine & Rare Wines Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Fine & Rare Wines Limited based? The register lists Fine & Rare Wines Limited at Centennium House, 100 Lower Thames Street, London, EC3R 6DL. 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 02966320. 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/fine-and-rare-wines-limited-london-691728 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/fine-and-rare-wines-limited-london-691728.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.