--- title: "Symphony Ventures Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/symphony-ventures-ltd-london-766164 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 --- # Symphony Ventures Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Symphony Ventures Ltd (Companies House 09164342, 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 6 December 2016 (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: 6 December 2016 - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: 1 Bartholomew Lane, London, United Kingdom, EC2N 2AX - Companies House number: 09164342 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09164342) - 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/symphony-ventures-ltd-london-766164 ## 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 36 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 30 Nov 2025: Director resigned: BROUGH, Karl Vernon. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 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. - 30 Jul 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 30 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. - 14 Jun 2022: Director resigned: HAYWARD, John William. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 2022. 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. - 14 Jun 2022: New director appointed: GRIMES, David Edwin. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 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. - 5 Oct 2021: New director appointed: BROUGH, Karl Vernon. Director change recorded on 5 Oct 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. - 5 Oct 2021: New director appointed: HAYWARD, John William. Director change recorded on 5 Oct 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. - 5 Oct 2021: Director resigned: CHAPMAN, John. Director change recorded on 5 Oct 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. - 5 Oct 2021: Director resigned: HOLDER, James. Director change recorded on 5 Oct 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. - 5 Oct 2021: New director appointed: KHOSA, Iqbal Singh. Director change recorded on 5 Oct 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. - 23 Sep 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 23 Sep 2021. 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. - 27 Aug 2021: Cessation of Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 27 Aug 2021. 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. - 16 Aug 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 Aug 2021. 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. - 25 Mar 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 25 Mar 2020. 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. - 4 Apr 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Apr 2019. 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. - 19 Dec 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 1 Nov 2018: Notification of Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Nov 2018. 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. - 1 Nov 2018: Cessation of Baronsmead Second Venture Trust Plc as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Nov 2018. 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. - 1 Nov 2018: Cessation of Baronsmead Venture Trust Plc as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Nov 2018. 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. - 1 Nov 2018: Cessation of Mr Ian Philip Barkin as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Nov 2018. 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. - 1 Nov 2018: Cessation of Mr David Maitland Brain as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Nov 2018. 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. - 1 Nov 2018: Cessation of Mr David Richard Poole as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Nov 2018. 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. - 1 Nov 2018: New director appointed: CHAPMAN, John. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 1 Nov 2018: New director appointed: HOLDER, James. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 1 Nov 2018: Corporate-secretary resigned: ERISKA SECRETARIES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 1 Nov 2018: Director resigned: POOLE, David Richard. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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 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 Symphony Ventures Ltd ### Is Symphony Ventures Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Symphony Ventures Ltd in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Symphony Ventures Ltd sponsor? Symphony Ventures Ltd 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 Symphony Ventures Ltd based? The register lists Symphony Ventures Ltd at 1 Bartholomew Lane, London, United Kingdom, EC2N 2AX. 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 09164342. 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/symphony-ventures-ltd-london-766164 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/symphony-ventures-ltd-london-766164.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.