--- title: "Mercantile & Maritime UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mercantile-and-maritime-uk-limited-london-791248 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-11-03 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Mercantile & Maritime UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 3 November 2026, Mercantile & Maritime UK Limited (Companies House 09648525, 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 22 September 2017 (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: 22 September 2017 - Legal name: HEIR HILL LIMITED - Industry: Professional Services - Town: London - Registered address: 1 Franklin's Row, London, United Kingdom, SW3 4SW - Companies House number: 09648525 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09648525) - Website: https://www.mercantilemaritime.com - Register data as of: 3 November 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mercantile-and-maritime-uk-limited-london-791248 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,663 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 10,281 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 122,156 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 16 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 2 Nov 2026: Company is in administration at Companies House. Company status change recorded on 2 Nov 2026 (in administration). 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. - 27 Apr 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 27 Apr 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. - 13 Apr 2026: Company name changed, now trading as "HEIR HILL LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 13 Apr 2026. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Apr 2026: New director appointed: HAJRIZI, Grazyna. Director change recorded on 12 Apr 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. - 21 Jan 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 21 Jan 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. - 2 Jan 2026: Director resigned: LAKHANI, Murtaza Ali. Director change recorded on 2 Jan 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. - 18 Dec 2025: Corporate-secretary resigned: OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 18 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. - 14 Nov 2024: Director resigned: FERGADI, Eleni. Director change recorded on 14 Nov 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. - 25 Oct 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 25 Oct 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. - 10 Jun 2021: Director resigned: GUTHRIE, Charles Ronald Llewelyn. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 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. - 17 Jul 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 17 Jul 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. - 20 Dec 2018: New director appointed: LAKHANI, Murtaza Ali. Director change recorded on 20 Dec 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. - 25 Oct 2018: New director appointed: GUTHRIE, Charles Ronald Llewelyn. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 11 Apr 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 11 Apr 2018. 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. - 10 Apr 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 10 Apr 2018. 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 Feb 2018: Cessation of Clea Katchies as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Feb 2018. 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. 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 Mercantile & Maritime UK Limited ### Is Mercantile & Maritime UK Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Mercantile & Maritime UK Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Mercantile & Maritime UK Limited sponsor? Mercantile & Maritime UK Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Mercantile & Maritime UK Limited based? The register lists Mercantile & Maritime UK Limited at 1 Franklin's Row, London, United Kingdom, SW3 4SW. 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 3 November 2026, and Companies House records for company number 09648525. 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/mercantile-and-maritime-uk-limited-london-791248 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/mercantile-and-maritime-uk-limited-london-791248.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.