--- title: "First Avenue Partners LLP: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/first-avenue-partners-llp-london-691921 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 --- # First Avenue Partners LLP: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, First Avenue Partners LLP (trading as First Avenue Capital Placement; Companies House OC319893; 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 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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: First Avenue Capital Placement - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: Swan House, 17-19 Stratford Place, London, W1C 1BQ - Companies House number: OC319893 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/OC319893) - Website: https://firstavenue.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/first-avenue-partners-llp - 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/first-avenue-partners-llp-london-691921 ## 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 16 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 9 Jun 2026: Llp-member resigned: DONNELLY, Martin Charles. LLP member 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. - 22 May 2026: Corporate-llp-member resigned: FAP CB LIMITED. LLP member change recorded on 22 May 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. - 22 May 2026: Llp-member resigned: BENIGNI, Christian. LLP member change recorded on 22 May 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. - 22 May 2026: Corporate-llp-member resigned: FAP AFS LIMITED. LLP member change recorded on 22 May 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. - 22 May 2026: Llp-member resigned: FINDLAY SHIRRAS, Alasdair. LLP member change recorded on 22 May 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. - 25 Jan 2021: Llp-member resigned: LARSEN, Jess Sture Schou. LLP member change recorded on 25 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. - 28 Aug 2018: Llp-member resigned: HUNTER, David James. LLP member change recorded on 28 Aug 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. - 16 Jan 2018: New llp-member appointed: LARSEN, Jess Sture Schou. LLP member 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Mr Paul Derek Buckley as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 29 Jan 2016: New llp-member appointed: HENNINGSEN, Michael. LLP member change recorded on 29 Jan 2016. 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. - 2 Sep 2015: New llp-member appointed: DONNELLY, Martin Charles. LLP member change recorded on 2 Sep 2015. 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. - 2 Sep 2015: New llp-member appointed: HUNTER, David James. LLP member change recorded on 2 Sep 2015. 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. - 2 Sep 2015: New llp-member appointed: LEACH, Christopher Bennett. LLP member change recorded on 2 Sep 2015. 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. - 2 Sep 2015: New llp-member appointed: BAKSHI, Tavneet. LLP member change recorded on 2 Sep 2015. 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. - 2 Sep 2015: New llp-member appointed: NORTON, Anthony Clive Martin. LLP member change recorded on 2 Sep 2015. 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. - 18 Aug 2014: Llp-member resigned: MCCARVILL, James John. LLP member change recorded on 18 Aug 2014. 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. 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 First Avenue Partners LLP ### Is First Avenue Partners LLP a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. First Avenue Partners LLP 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 First Avenue Partners LLP sponsor? First Avenue Partners LLP is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is First Avenue Partners LLP based? The register lists First Avenue Partners LLP at Swan House, 17-19 Stratford Place, London, W1C 1BQ. 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 OC319893. 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/first-avenue-partners-llp-london-691921 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/first-avenue-partners-llp-london-691921.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.