--- title: "Haitong International (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence history" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/haitong-international-uk-limited-london-783709 register_status: removed 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 --- # Haitong International (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence history > As of 2 November 2026, Haitong International (UK) Limited (trading as Espirito Santoib; Companies House 04058971; London) is not on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors: it was removed on 2 November 2026, having appeared on the register since 25 June 2019 with an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). It cannot sponsor new visa applications while off the register. GOV.UK does not publish why a sponsor leaves, so it was not necessarily revoked. ## Key facts - Register status: Removed: no longer on the register since 2 November 2026. GOV.UK does not publish why a sponsor leaves - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 25 June 2019 - Removed from the register: 2 November 2026 - Trading as: Espirito Santoib - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: 1 Aldermanbury Square, London, England, EC2V 7HR - Companies House number: 04058971 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04058971) - Website: https://www.espiritosantoib.co.uk - 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/haitong-international-uk-limited-london-783709 ## 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 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 23 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 2 Nov 2026: Company is in liquidation at Companies House. Company status change recorded on 2 Nov 2026 (in liquidation). If your organisation has stopped trading or become insolvent, this must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. The 20-working-day window runs to about 30 Nov 2026. - 30 Oct 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 30 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 27 Nov 2026. - 11 Aug 2026: Cessation of Guotai Haitong Securities Co., Ltd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Aug 2026. 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. - 11 Aug 2026: Cessation of Haitong International Securities Group Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Aug 2026. 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. - 24 Feb 2026: Secretary resigned: SHAH, Arafat. Company secretary change recorded on 24 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. - 15 Jan 2025: Director resigned: JIN, Rui. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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. - 11 Jan 2024: Notification of Guotai Haitong Securities Co., Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 11 Jan 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. - 2 Jun 2023: Director resigned: POON, Mo Yiu. Director change recorded on 2 Jun 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. - 2 Jun 2023: New director appointed: CHOU, Chuk Nam. Director change recorded on 2 Jun 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. - 1 May 2023: New secretary appointed: SHAH, Arafat. Company secretary change recorded on 1 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. - 30 Apr 2023: Secretary resigned: VARDON, Leon. Company secretary change recorded on 30 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. - 15 Feb 2023: New director appointed: HO, Kenneth. Director change recorded on 15 Feb 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. - 28 Dec 2021: Director resigned: EASTWOOD, Rupert John Anthony. Director change recorded on 28 Dec 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. - 25 Oct 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 25 Oct 2021. 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 Oct 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 Oct 2021. 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 Aug 2021: Notification of Haitong International Securities Group Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 23 Aug 2021. 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. - 23 Aug 2021: Cessation of Haitong International (Bvi) Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 Aug 2021. 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 Feb 2021: Director resigned: FOX, Lisa Katherine. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 23 Sep 2020: Cessation of Haitong International (Uk) Co Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 Sep 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 Sep 2020: New director appointed: JIN, Rui. Director change recorded on 21 Sep 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. - 18 Dec 2019: Director resigned: ZHANG, Yibin. Director change recorded on 18 Dec 2019. 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 Oct 2019: New director appointed: FOX, Lisa Katherine. Director change recorded on 22 Oct 2019. 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. - 30 Sep 2019: Director resigned: BURGES WATSON, Mark Eagleson. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2019. 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 Haitong International (UK) Limited ### Is Haitong International (UK) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? No. Haitong International (UK) Limited in London was removed from the Home Office register of licensed sponsors on 2 November 2026 and cannot sponsor new visa applications. Companies House does not confirm that the company has closed. ### When did Haitong International (UK) Limited leave the sponsor register? Haitong International (UK) Limited no longer appears on the register, having been listed until 2 November 2026. GOV.UK does not publish why a sponsor leaves: the licence may have been revoked, surrendered, replaced after an ownership change, or lapsed. If your visa is sponsored by this employer, contact them and get immigration advice. If a licence has been revoked, workers usually get 60 days to find a new sponsor. ### What visa routes can Haitong International (UK) Limited sponsor? Haitong International (UK) Limited was licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Haitong International (UK) Limited based? The register lists Haitong International (UK) Limited at 1 Aldermanbury Square, London, England, EC2V 7HR. 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 04058971. 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/haitong-international-uk-limited-london-783709 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/haitong-international-uk-limited-london-783709.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.