--- title: "FutureLearn Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/futurelearn-limited-london-770681 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # FutureLearn Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, FutureLearn Limited (Companies House 08324083, 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 23 July 2020 (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: 23 July 2020 - Industry: Education - Town: London - Registered address: 71 Queen Victoria Street, London, England, EC4V 4BE - Companies House number: 08324083 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08324083) - Website: https://www.open.ac.uk - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/futurelearn-limited-london-770681 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 44 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 8 Jan 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 8 Jan 2026. 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 Oct 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Oct 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. - 16 Sep 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 Sep 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. - 15 Jul 2025: New director appointed: HOWELL, Ian. Director change recorded on 15 Jul 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. - 15 Jul 2025: New director appointed: MARIN ROMANO, Rafael. Director change recorded on 15 Jul 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. - 15 Jul 2025: New director appointed: RACHEVSKY, Elad. Director change recorded on 15 Jul 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. - 28 May 2025: New director appointed: BUCKINGHAM, Julia Clare, Professor Dame. Director change recorded on 28 May 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. - 7 Apr 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Apr 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. - 31 May 2024: Notification of Uk Academic Holdings Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 31 May 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. - 31 May 2024: Cessation of Gah Education Holding Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 May 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 May 2024: Secretary resigned: BAE, Shinae Kang. Company secretary change recorded on 31 May 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. - 20 Jan 2024: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 20 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. - 14 Apr 2023: New secretary appointed: BAE, Shinae Kang. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Apr 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. - 14 Apr 2023: Secretary resigned: ENGLAND, William James Guy. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2023: Director resigned: HANCOCK, Andrew Derek. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 14 Mar 2023: New director appointed: JOHNSON, Joseph Edmund. Director change recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 27 Feb 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 27 Feb 2023. 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. - 22 Feb 2023: Company bought back its own shares. Share filing recorded on 22 Feb 2023, 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. - 19 Dec 2022: Notification of Gah Education Holding Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 19 Dec 2022: Cessation of Global University Systems B.V. as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 13 Dec 2022: New director appointed: KLOPOT, Vitali. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 13 Dec 2022: New director appointed: GARCIA, Miguel Angel Blazquez. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 13 Dec 2022: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 13 Dec 2022, 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. - 30 Nov 2022: Notification of Global University Systems B.V. as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 30 Nov 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. - 30 Nov 2022: Director resigned: HUGHES, Colin. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 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. - + 19 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 FutureLearn Limited ### Is FutureLearn Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. FutureLearn Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can FutureLearn Limited sponsor? FutureLearn Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is FutureLearn Limited based? The register lists FutureLearn Limited at 71 Queen Victoria Street, London, England, EC4V 4BE. 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 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 08324083. 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/futurelearn-limited-london-770681 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/futurelearn-limited-london-770681.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.