--- title: "Serious ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/serious-ltd-london-734339 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 --- # Serious ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Serious ltd (trading as London Jazz Festival; Companies House 03111637; London) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Creative Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Creative Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: London Jazz Festival - Legal name: SERIOUS LIMITED - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: London - Registered address: 51 Kingsway Place, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 0LU - Companies House number: 03111637 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03111637) - Website: https://serious.org.uk/ - 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/serious-ltd-london-734339 ## 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 1,572 Creative Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-creative ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 18 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 21 Jul 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 21 Jul 2026. 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 Mar 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 24 Mar 2025. 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. - 28 Mar 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 28 Mar 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. - 20 Mar 2023: Cessation of Mr David Jones as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Mar 2023. 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. - 20 Mar 2023: Director resigned: JONES, David. Director change recorded on 20 Mar 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. - 9 Jun 2021: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 9 Jun 2021, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 2 Jun 2021: Notification of Ms Pelin Opcin as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 2 Jun 2021. 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. - 2 Jun 2021: Notification of Mr Ope Igbinyemi as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 2 Jun 2021. 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. - 2 Jun 2021: Secretary resigned: JONES, David. Company secretary change recorded on 2 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. - 2 Jun 2021: New director appointed: IGBINYEMI, Ope. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 2 Jun 2021: New director appointed: OPCIN, Pelin. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 9 Apr 2020: Cessation of Mrs Claire Lois Whitaker as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 9 Apr 2020. 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. - 9 Apr 2020: Director resigned: WHITAKER, Claire Lois. Director change recorded on 9 Apr 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. - 1 Jun 2019: Director resigned: CUMMING, John Duncan. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 13 Dec 2017: Cessation of Mr John Duncan Cumming as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 Dec 2017. 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. - 8 Oct 2016: Notification of Mr David Jones as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 8 Oct 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. - 8 Oct 2016: New person with significant control: Mrs Claire Lois Whitaker. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Oct 2016. 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. - 8 Oct 2016: New person with significant control: Mr John Duncan Cumming. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Oct 2016. 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 Serious ltd ### Is Serious ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Serious ltd in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Serious ltd sponsor? Serious ltd is licensed for Creative Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Serious ltd based? The register lists Serious ltd at 51 Kingsway Place, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 0LU. 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 03111637. 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/serious-ltd-london-734339 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/serious-ltd-london-734339.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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