--- title: "MerchantCantos: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/merchantcantos-london-685219 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 --- # MerchantCantos: UK sponsor licence status > As of 3 November 2026, MerchantCantos (Companies House OC305693, 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 24 April 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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 24 April 2017 - Legal name: MERCHANTCANTOS LLP - Industry: Professional Services - Town: London - Registered address: 16 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3ED - Companies House number: OC305693 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/OC305693) - Website: https://www.merchantcantos.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brunswickcreative/ - 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/merchantcantos-london-685219 ## 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 10,774 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 100 changes worth checking, checked 2 November 2026, newest first: - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: GLASS, Jonathan Douglas. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: SAHA, Aninda. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: BOZOVIC, Zoran. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: BURNS, Thomas Alexander Luckwell. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: SCOTT, Anita Carol. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: MACGREEVY, Keelin Mary. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: LITTERICK, David. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Corporate-llp-member resigned: BRUNSWICK CONSULTING LLP. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: FLETCHER, Kim Thomas. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: CHARLTON, Louise Elizabeth. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: DANIEL, Caroline Frances. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: COSGROVE, Nicholas Joseph. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: HUNTLEY, Alice Elizabeth. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: MCCOBB, James Anthony. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: GREY, Carole Ann. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: IRELAND, Philip Edward. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: DANAHER, Timothy. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: HARRIS, Justine Helen. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: HOWARD, Nicholas Maxwell. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: KHAN, Azhar Afzal. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: BLACKBURN, David. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Corporate-llp-designated-member resigned: MERCHANTCANTOS SERVICES LIMITED. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: MICALLEF-EYNAUD, Fiona. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: PORTER, Andrew James. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Llp-member resigned: BUCHANAN, Laura Armelle. LLP member change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - + 75 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 MerchantCantos ### Is MerchantCantos a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. MerchantCantos 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 MerchantCantos sponsor? MerchantCantos 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 MerchantCantos based? The register lists MerchantCantos at 16 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3ED. 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 OC305693. 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/merchantcantos-london-685219 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/merchantcantos-london-685219.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.