--- title: "Optal Financial Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/optal-financial-limited-london-771011 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 --- # Optal Financial Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Optal Financial Limited (trading as WEX; Companies House 08364883; 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 19 September 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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 19 September 2014 - Trading as: WEX - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: 27-28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH - Companies House number: 08364883 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08364883) - Website: https://www.wexinc.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wexinc - 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/optal-financial-limited-london-771011 ## 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 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 28 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 10 Apr 2026: Director resigned: PADDOCK, Steven Stuart. Director change recorded on 10 Apr 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. - 24 Jan 2025: New director appointed: PADDOCK, Steven Stuart. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 24 Jan 2025: Director resigned: WERRY, Michael Scott. Director change recorded on 24 Jan 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. - 8 Jan 2025: Director resigned: CARRIEDO, Carlos De Maria Campos. Director change recorded on 8 Jan 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. - 8 Jan 2025: Director resigned: RAPKIN, Hilary Ann. Director change recorded on 8 Jan 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. - 8 Jan 2025: New director appointed: TRICKETT, Sara Terese Wickware. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 8 Jan 2025: New director appointed: HANCOCK, Jason Anthony. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 1 Mar 2024: New director appointed: WERRY, Michael Scott. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 29 Feb 2024: Director resigned: QUINNELL, David James. Director change recorded on 29 Feb 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. - 31 Aug 2023: Director resigned: LLOYD, Victoria Louise. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 17 Aug 2023: New director appointed: CARRIEDO, Carlos De Maria Campos. Director change recorded on 17 Aug 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. - 17 Aug 2023: New director appointed: QUINNELL, David James. Director change recorded on 17 Aug 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. - 28 Feb 2023: Director resigned: ROBERTS, Lincoln Anthony. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 11 Oct 2022: New director appointed: DEADY, Darragh. Director change recorded on 11 Oct 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. - 22 Jun 2021: New director appointed: RAPKIN, Hilary Ann. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 2021. 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. - 22 Jun 2021: New director appointed: LLOYD, Victoria Louise. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 2021. 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. - 22 Jun 2021: New director appointed: DREW, Ann Elena. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 2021. 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. - 15 Apr 2021: Director resigned: DOWNES, Andrew Vincent. Director change recorded on 15 Apr 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 Mar 2021: Director resigned: OLDING, Adam Rhys. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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 Mar 2021: Director resigned: BISHOP, Robert Gordon. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 30 Dec 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 30 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. - 5 Mar 2020: Director resigned: COURTNEIDGE, Robert Edmund. Director change recorded on 5 Mar 2020. 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. - 22 Jan 2019: Director resigned: GOETZE, Sarah Louise. Director change recorded on 22 Jan 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. - 26 Jun 2017: New director appointed: OLDING, Adam Rhys. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 2017. 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 Optal Limited 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. - + 3 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 Optal Financial Limited ### Is Optal Financial Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Optal Financial Limited 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 Optal Financial Limited sponsor? Optal Financial 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 Optal Financial Limited based? The register lists Optal Financial Limited at 27-28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH. 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 08364883. 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/optal-financial-limited-london-771011 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/optal-financial-limited-london-771011.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.