--- title: "London Forfaiting Company Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/london-forfaiting-company-ltd-london-710580 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 --- # London Forfaiting Company Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, London Forfaiting Company Ltd (Companies House 01733470, 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 12 December 2014 (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: 12 December 2014 - Legal name: LONDON FORFAITING COMPANY LIMITED - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: 15-18 Austin Friars, London, England, EC2N 2HE - Companies House number: 01733470 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01733470) - Website: https://www.forfaiting.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/london-forfaiting/about/ - 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/london-forfaiting-company-ltd-london-710580 ## 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 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 30 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 2 Jan 2025: New director appointed: BAKALLI, Teuta. Director change recorded on 2 Jan 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 Aug 2024: New director appointed: LAY, Simon Jethro. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 1 Aug 2024: Director resigned: LOUHAB, Mohammed. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 29 May 2024: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 29 May 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. - 24 Apr 2024: Director resigned: SCHUMACHER, Erich. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 24 Apr 2024: New director appointed: ABBOUCHI, Samer. Director change recorded on 24 Apr 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. - 6 Dec 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Dec 2023. 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. - 4 May 2023: New director appointed: LOUHAB, Mohammed. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 4 May 2023: New director appointed: SCHUMACHER, Erich. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 4 May 2023: Director resigned: AL-AJEEL, Majed Essa Ahmed. Director change recorded on 4 May 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. - 4 May 2023: Director resigned: FEKIH AHMED, Mohamed, Mr.. Director change recorded on 4 May 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. - 16 May 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 May 2022. 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 Dec 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Dec 2021. 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. - 20 Sep 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Sep 2021. 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. - 8 Jun 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 8 Jun 2021. 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. - 10 Dec 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 10 Dec 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. - 17 Dec 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 17 Dec 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. - 25 Nov 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 25 Nov 2019. 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. - 18 Jul 2019: New director appointed: LALANI, Hussain Abdul Aziz. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 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. - 2 Jul 2019: Director resigned: FROST, Robert James. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 18 Dec 2018: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 18 Dec 2018. 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 May 2016: Director resigned: LAY, Simon Jethro, Mr.. Director change recorded on 9 May 2016. 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. - 9 May 2016: New director appointed: GRECH, John Carmel, Dr. Director change recorded on 9 May 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Fimbank Plc as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 9 Feb 2016: Director resigned: LUCAS, Ian David. Director change recorded on 9 Feb 2016. 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 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 London Forfaiting Company Ltd ### Is London Forfaiting Company Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. London Forfaiting Company Ltd in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can London Forfaiting Company Ltd sponsor? London Forfaiting Company Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is London Forfaiting Company Ltd based? The register lists London Forfaiting Company Ltd at 15-18 Austin Friars, London, England, EC2N 2HE. 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 01733470. 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/london-forfaiting-company-ltd-london-710580 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/london-forfaiting-company-ltd-london-710580.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.