--- title: "Global Witness: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/global-witness-london-769365 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 --- # Global Witness: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Global Witness (Companies House 02871809, 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 10 April 2015 (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: 10 April 2015 - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: London - Registered address: 2nd Floor, 55 Ludgate Hill, London, United Kingdom, EC4M 7JW - Companies House number: 02871809 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02871809) - Website: https://www.globalwitness.org - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/global-witness/ - 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/global-witness-london-769365 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 45 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 30 Mar 2026: Director resigned: TAYLOR, Simon Jonathan. Director change recorded on 30 Mar 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. - 30 Mar 2026: Director resigned: ALLEY, Patrick. Director change recorded on 30 Mar 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. - 30 Mar 2026: Director resigned: GOOCH, Charmian Penelope. Director change recorded on 30 Mar 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. - 11 Sep 2025: Director resigned: KWEITEL, Juana Magdalena. Director change recorded on 11 Sep 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. - 19 Jun 2025: New director appointed: RAMAN, Sushma. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 27 Mar 2025: New director appointed: HAHN, Olaf. Director change recorded on 27 Mar 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. - 27 Mar 2025: New director appointed: OWENS, Rachel. Director change recorded on 27 Mar 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. - 27 Mar 2025: New director appointed: NAKATE, Vanessa. Director change recorded on 27 Mar 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. - 27 Mar 2025: New director appointed: HUDSON, Oliver Ewan. Director change recorded on 27 Mar 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. - 18 Feb 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 18 Feb 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. - 14 Jan 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 14 Jan 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 Dec 2024: Director resigned: SURAJU, Olanrewaju Kamoru. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 7 Mar 2024: Director resigned: HASSAN, Fatima. Director change recorded on 7 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2023: Cessation of Patrick Alley as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 2023. 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 Mar 2023: Cessation of Ms Charmian Penelope Gooch as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 2023. 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 Mar 2023: Cessation of Simon Taylor as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 2023. 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. - 22 Feb 2022: New director appointed: MELANIDIS, Marina Stavroula. Director change recorded on 22 Feb 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. - 14 Dec 2021: New director appointed: KANU, Christine Ekaete. Director change recorded on 14 Dec 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. - 24 May 2021: New director appointed: SURAJU, Olanrewaju Kamoru. Director change recorded on 24 May 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. - 17 May 2021: New director appointed: LANG, Kirsty. Director change recorded on 17 May 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. - 10 Dec 2020: Director resigned: ARUN, Chinmayi. Director change recorded on 10 Dec 2020. 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 Oct 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 5 Oct 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. - 23 Sep 2020: Director resigned: STEPHENS, Mark. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 2020. 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 2020: Director resigned: HANNAM, Mark. Director change recorded on 16 Sep 2020. 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 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 Jan 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. - + 20 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 0 live vacancies tracked for this employer (1 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Senior Foundation & Institutional Relationships Officer · London, UK · £45,199 · expired · https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/land/ad/5828624937?se=hj4ziYKQ8RGixYuW__XtKQ&utm_medium=api&utm_source=3195f9d3&v=7B75A44C81735CB5ED40048D8E214D523A6E7D9B A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Global Witness ### Is Global Witness a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Global Witness in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Global Witness sponsor? Global Witness is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Global Witness based? The register lists Global Witness at 2nd Floor, 55 Ludgate Hill, London, United Kingdom, EC4M 7JW. 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 02871809. 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/global-witness-london-769365 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/global-witness-london-769365.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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