--- title: "James Finlay Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/james-finlay-limited-london-760022 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 --- # James Finlay Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, James Finlay Limited (Companies House SC007139, London) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, 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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: London - Registered address: Swire House Souter Head Road, Altens, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB12 3LF - Companies House number: SC007139 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC007139) - Website: https://www.finlayjames.com - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/finlay-james-associates - 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/james-finlay-limited-london-760022 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - 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 49 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 31 Jul 2026: Director resigned: MASON, Jennifer Aspen. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 16 Jul 2026: Director resigned: DE GENTILE-WILLIAMS, Philippe Anthony Wynne. Director change recorded on 16 Jul 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. - 10 Mar 2026: Director resigned: KUEHNE, Christiane. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 2 Dec 2025: Director resigned: STRATHDEE, Stuart. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 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. - 1 Oct 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 11 Jul 2025: Director resigned: WOOLF, Benjamin. Director change recorded on 11 Jul 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. - 21 Aug 2024: New director appointed: MASON, Jennifer Aspen. Director change recorded on 21 Aug 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. - 21 Aug 2024: New director appointed: PELLING, Sean Colin. Director change recorded on 21 Aug 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. - 10 Apr 2024: Director resigned: CUBBON, Martin. Director change recorded on 10 Apr 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. - 13 Apr 2023: New director appointed: WOOLF, Benjamin. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 20 Dec 2022: Notification of John Swire & Sons Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 20 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. - 20 Dec 2022: Cessation of Finlay Group Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 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. - 6 Sep 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 6 Sep 2022. 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. - 5 Sep 2022: New director appointed: WOODROW, James Hugh, Mr.. Director change recorded on 5 Sep 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. - 5 Sep 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 5 Sep 2022. 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. - 3 Jun 2022: Director resigned: CHAMBERS, Guy Rufus. Director change recorded on 3 Jun 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. - 15 Sep 2021: Director resigned: FORTMANN, Kathy. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 16 Mar 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 Mar 2020. 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. - 3 Dec 2019: New director appointed: FORTMANN, Kathy. Director change recorded on 3 Dec 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. - 31 Jul 2019: Director resigned: JOHNSTON, David James, Dr. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 24 Jul 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 24 Jul 2019. 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. - 1 Feb 2019: Director resigned: DAVIES, Julian. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 3 Oct 2018: New secretary appointed: MORRIS, David Charles. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Oct 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. - 13 Jul 2018: Secretary resigned: DIBBEN, Ann Marie. Company secretary change recorded on 13 Jul 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. - 2 Jul 2018: New director appointed: CUBBON, Martin. Director change recorded on 2 Jul 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. - + 24 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 James Finlay Limited ### Is James Finlay Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. James Finlay Limited 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 James Finlay Limited sponsor? James Finlay Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is James Finlay Limited based? The register lists James Finlay Limited at Swire House Souter Head Road, Altens, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB12 3LF. 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 SC007139. 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/james-finlay-limited-london-760022 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/james-finlay-limited-london-760022.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.