--- title: "United Bank for Africa (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/united-bank-for-africa-uk-limited-london-784546 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 --- # United Bank for Africa (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, United Bank for Africa (UK) Limited (trading as UBAUK; Companies House 03104974; 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 11 September 2018 (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: 11 September 2018 - Trading as: UBAUK - Industry: Financial Services - Town: LONDON - Registered address: 36 Queen Street, London, Greater London, EC4R 1BN - Companies House number: 03104974 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03104974) - Website: https://www.ubagroup.com - 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/united-bank-for-africa-uk-limited-london-784546 ## 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 40 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 10 Oct 2026: Director resigned: COULTER, John, Mr.. Director change recorded on 10 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 6 Nov 2026. - 6 Aug 2026: Director resigned: TROTTER, Alexander James. Director change recorded on 6 Aug 2026. 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 Jun 2026: New director appointed: POOLE, Simon Hilliard. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 26 Jun 2026: New director appointed: BROWN, Dawn Heather. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 26 Jun 2026: New director appointed: LIOW YUNE LOY, Joseph Jerry. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 21 May 2026: Director resigned: GREENSTREET, Ian Owulakwao. Director change recorded on 21 May 2026. 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 Feb 2026: New director appointed: MISHRA, Loknath. Director change recorded on 2 Feb 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. - 17 Apr 2025: Director resigned: HENSHAW, Theresa Asari, Mrs.. Director change recorded on 17 Apr 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. - 19 Jun 2024: Director resigned: IKE, Uche Remigius. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 2024. 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. - 25 Oct 2023: New director appointed: SALEH, Nashwa, Dr.. Director change recorded on 25 Oct 2023. 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 Oct 2023: New director appointed: LOW, Allan Christopher Michael. Director change recorded on 11 Oct 2023. 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 2023: Secretary resigned: ADEKUNLE-SANUSI, Ololade. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Oct 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. - 22 Sep 2023: New director appointed: HENSHAW, Theresa Asari, Mrs.. Director change recorded on 22 Sep 2023. 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 Sep 2023: New secretary appointed: IWUCHUKWU, Helen Ogonna. Company secretary change recorded on 22 Sep 2023. 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. - 25 Apr 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Apr 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. - 6 Jan 2023: Director resigned: ADEYEMI, Surajudeen Adeleke. Director change recorded on 6 Jan 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. - 15 Nov 2022: New director appointed: YOMI-AJAYI, Adesolaadebola. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 15 Nov 2022: New director appointed: ALAWUBA, Oliver. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 7 Oct 2022: Director resigned: NDUBISI, Chiugo Benedict. Director change recorded on 7 Oct 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. - 31 Jul 2021: Director resigned: ROMER-LEE, Alexander Knyvett. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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 Jul 2021: Director resigned: ONI, Samuel, High Chief. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 16 Apr 2021: Director resigned: MARX, Daniel Jacobus. Director change recorded on 16 Apr 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. - 7 Apr 2021: New director appointed: ADEYEMI, Surajudeen Adeleke. Director change recorded on 7 Apr 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. - 30 Nov 2020: Director resigned: GUTMANN, Patrick Rudolf. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 6 Oct 2020: New secretary appointed: ADEKUNLE-SANUSI, Ololade. Company secretary change recorded on 6 Oct 2020. 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. - + 15 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 United Bank for Africa (UK) Limited ### Is United Bank for Africa (UK) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. United Bank for Africa (UK) Limited in LONDON is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can United Bank for Africa (UK) Limited sponsor? United Bank for Africa (UK) 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 United Bank for Africa (UK) Limited based? The register lists United Bank for Africa (UK) Limited at 36 Queen Street, London, Greater London, EC4R 1BN. 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 03104974. 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/united-bank-for-africa-uk-limited-london-784546 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/united-bank-for-africa-uk-limited-london-784546.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.