The register
The register lists Alipay (UK) Limited in London as a licensed sponsor on Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker, 2 routes in all, and has done since at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
Alipay Ltd is the registered name (Companies House number 09334663), a private limited company on the register since 2014. The registered office is at 2nd Floor Front, 36 Gerrard Street, London, W1D 5QA, W1D 5QA. By its SIC codes the business is in it, software and media.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Alipay (UK) Limited the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.