--- title: "Rakuten Marketing Europe Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/rakuten-marketing-europe-limited-london-728235 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Rakuten Marketing Europe Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Rakuten Marketing Europe Limited (trading as Rakuten Advertising; Companies House 05751526; 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 7 August 2015 (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: 7 August 2015 - Trading as: Rakuten Advertising - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: London - Registered address: 7 Savoy Court, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 0EX - Companies House number: 05751526 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05751526) - Website: https://rakutenadvertising.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rakutenadvertising/ - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/rakuten-marketing-europe-limited-london-728235 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - 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 20 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 4 Mar 2024: New person with significant control: Rakuten Group, Inc. Change to people with significant control recorded on 4 Mar 2024. 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. - 4 Mar 2024: Cessation of Rakuten Marketing International Llc as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 4 Mar 2024. 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. - 22 May 2023: Director resigned: CAPANO, Anthony. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Secretary resigned: LIN, Christiana. Company secretary 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: New secretary appointed: HALE-BURGESS, Isla Rebecca. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 24 Mar 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 24 Mar 2021. 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 Jul 2020: Director resigned: DORWARD, Kenneth Francis, Mr.. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 12 Jul 2019: New secretary appointed: LIN, Christiana. Company secretary change recorded on 12 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. - 12 Jul 2019: Secretary resigned: PLACHY, Anthony Lee, Assistant General Counsel. Company secretary change recorded on 12 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. - 1 Jul 2019: Director resigned: IIDA, Yasuhisa. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Jul 2019: New director appointed: PATEL, Amit Arvind. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Mar 2019: New director appointed: STAMOS, Nicholas. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 11 Dec 2018: New director appointed: DORWARD, Kenneth Francis, Mr.. Director change recorded on 11 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. - 11 Dec 2018: New secretary appointed: PLACHY, Anthony Lee, Assistant General Counsel. Company secretary change recorded on 11 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. - 11 Dec 2018: Secretary resigned: RASCH, Reginald. Company secretary change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 11 Dec 2018: Director resigned: HAVILAND, Mark David Walker. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 11 Dec 2018: Director resigned: ZITO, Anthony Webster. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 26 Mar 2018: New director appointed: CAPANO, Anthony. Director change recorded on 26 Mar 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. - 22 May 2017: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 22 May 2017. 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. - 1 Jan 2017: Notification of Rakuten Marketing International Llc as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Jan 2017. 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. 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 Rakuten Marketing Europe Limited ### Is Rakuten Marketing Europe Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Rakuten Marketing Europe Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Rakuten Marketing Europe Limited sponsor? Rakuten Marketing Europe 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 Rakuten Marketing Europe Limited based? The register lists Rakuten Marketing Europe Limited at 7 Savoy Court, London, United Kingdom, WC2R 0EX. 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 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 05751526. 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/rakuten-marketing-europe-limited-london-728235 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/rakuten-marketing-europe-limited-london-728235.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.