--- title: "Sophie Macpherson Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sophie-macpherson-ltd-london-704054 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 --- # Sophie Macpherson Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 2 November 2026, Sophie Macpherson Ltd (Companies House 04487583, 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 20 November 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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 20 November 2015 - Legal name: SOPHIE MACPHERSON LIMITED - Industry: Professional Services - Town: London - Registered address: 5 Newburgh Street, London, W1F 7RG - Companies House number: 04487583 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04487583) - Website: https://www.sophiemacpherson.com - 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/sophie-macpherson-ltd-london-704054 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 23 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 23 Mar 2026: New director appointed: STANTON, Sophia Ananda, The Hon Mrs. Director change recorded on 23 Mar 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. - 18 Dec 2025: Director resigned: ALLAN, Charlotte Rose. Director 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. - 10 Jul 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 15 Jun 2023: Director resigned: MOAG, Victoria Jane. Director change recorded on 15 Jun 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 May 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 31 May 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. - 7 Dec 2022: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 7 Dec 2022. 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. - 11 May 2022: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 11 May 2022. 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. - 1 Sep 2021: New director appointed: MOAG, Victoria Jane. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2021: Director resigned: STANTON, Sophia Ananda, The Hon Mrs. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2021: Director resigned: LORD STRATHCARRON OF BANCHOR, Ian David Patrick, The Rt Hon. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2021: New director appointed: JOHNSTON, Rachel Grace. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 18 Dec 2020: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 18 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. - 22 Nov 2019: Director resigned: LADY STRATHCARRON, Gillian Rosimund, The Rt Hon. Director change recorded on 22 Nov 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. - 22 Jul 2019: Director resigned: CUNDALL, Rosanna Sarah. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 19 Jun 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 5 Feb 2018: Secretary resigned: SETCHELL, Belinda Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Feb 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. - 30 May 2017: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 30 May 2017. 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. - 4 Jan 2017: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 4 Jan 2017. 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. - 1 Nov 2016: New director appointed: ALLAN, Charlotte Rose. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 2016. 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 The Hon Mrs Sophie Ananda Stanton 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. - 9 Mar 2016: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 9 Mar 2016. 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 Mar 2016: Secretary resigned: STANTON, Sophie Ananda, The Hon. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Mar 2016. 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 Feb 2016: New secretary appointed: SETCHELL, Belinda Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Feb 2016. 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. 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 Sophie Macpherson Ltd ### Is Sophie Macpherson Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Sophie Macpherson Ltd 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 Sophie Macpherson Ltd sponsor? Sophie Macpherson Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Sophie Macpherson Ltd based? The register lists Sophie Macpherson Ltd at 5 Newburgh Street, London, W1F 7RG. 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 04487583. 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/sophie-macpherson-ltd-london-704054 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sophie-macpherson-ltd-london-704054.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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