--- title: "Important Looking Pirates Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/important-looking-pirates-limited-london-701157 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 --- # Important Looking Pirates Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Important Looking Pirates Limited (Companies House 13655541, 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 7 July 2023 (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: 7 July 2023 - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: London - Registered address: 24 Old Queen Street, London, United Kingdom, SW1H 9HP - Companies House number: 13655541 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13655541) - Website: https://importantlookingpirates.com/ - 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/important-looking-pirates-limited-london-701157 ## 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 10 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 23 Sep 2026: Director resigned: ALI, Aziz Amir. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 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. - 23 Sep 2026: New director appointed: SOLEY, Paul Gabriel. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 2026. 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. - 12 Jul 2024: New person with significant control: Mr David Xiaoou Li. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 12 Jul 2024: Cessation of Mr Niklas Jakobson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 12 Jul 2024: Cessation of Mr Yafei Wu as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 12 Jul 2024: New director appointed: ALI, Aziz Amir. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 12 Jul 2024: Director resigned: JAKOBSON, Niklas. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 12 Jul 2024: Director resigned: WU, Yafei. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 12 Jul 2024: New director appointed: LI, David Xiaoou. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 4 Dec 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 4 Dec 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. 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 Important Looking Pirates Limited ### Is Important Looking Pirates Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Important Looking Pirates Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Important Looking Pirates Limited sponsor? Important Looking Pirates Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Important Looking Pirates Limited based? The register lists Important Looking Pirates Limited at 24 Old Queen Street, London, United Kingdom, SW1H 9HP. 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 13655541. 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/important-looking-pirates-limited-london-701157 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/important-looking-pirates-limited-london-701157.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.