--- title: "The Clerkenwell Brothers: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-clerkenwell-brothers-london-763216 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 --- # The Clerkenwell Brothers: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Clerkenwell Brothers (trading as Founders Makers; Companies House 09653699; 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 22 October 2020 (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: 22 October 2020 - Trading as: Founders Makers - Legal name: THE CLERKENWELL BROTHERS LIMITED - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: London - Registered address: Summit House, 170 Finchley Road, London, United Kingdom, NW3 6BP - Companies House number: 09653699 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09653699) - Website: https://founders-makers.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-makers/ - 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/the-clerkenwell-brothers-london-763216 ## 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 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 10 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 10 Sep 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 10 Sep 2024. 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. - 6 Feb 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Feb 2023. 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 Nov 2022: New person with significant control: Founders Forum Llp. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Nov 2022. 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. - 11 Nov 2022: Cessation of Mr Cassian James Horowitz as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Nov 2022. 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. - 11 Nov 2022: Cessation of Mr Faraz Aghaei as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Nov 2022. 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. - 11 Nov 2022: Cessation of Mr Nicholas Mark Horowitz as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Nov 2022. 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. - 11 Nov 2022: New director appointed: DAWSON, Carolyn. Director change recorded on 11 Nov 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. - 6 Aug 2021: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 6 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. - 27 Jul 2021: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 27 Jul 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. - 1 Nov 2020: Director resigned: HOROWITZ, Cassian James. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. 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 The Clerkenwell Brothers ### Is The Clerkenwell Brothers a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Clerkenwell Brothers in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Clerkenwell Brothers sponsor? The Clerkenwell Brothers is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Clerkenwell Brothers based? The register lists The Clerkenwell Brothers at Summit House, 170 Finchley Road, London, United Kingdom, NW3 6BP. 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 09653699. 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/the-clerkenwell-brothers-london-763216 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-clerkenwell-brothers-london-763216.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.