Authority and purpose
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office publishes the UK Sanctions List. UK regimes implement United Nations obligations and support UK foreign-policy, national-security, international peace and security, and counter-terrorism objectives. Regimes can be geographic or thematic, and their regulations and statutory guidance define the applicable restrictions.
One current designations list
Since 28 January 2026, the UK Sanctions List has been the only UK government list for sanctions designations. The former OFSI Consolidated List is no longer updated. Older records can retain historic OFSI Group IDs, while the UK Sanctions List Unique ID is the primary current identifier for newly published designations.
The list covers individuals, entities and ships targeted by certain measures. Its structured fields can include primary names, spelling variations, aliases, non-Latin names, birth details, nationality, addresses, passport and national identifiers, position, regime name, designation source, statement of reasons, measures imposed and official reference numbers.
Important UK peculiarities
- The list distinguishes a primary-name variation from an alias and may publish an alias-quality indicator for UN-derived information.
- A subject designated under more than one regime may have more than one UK Sanctions List Unique ID.
- Measures can include financial, trade, immigration, transport and director-disqualification sanctions; not every restriction is reducible to an asset-freeze label.
- Regime guidance and legislation remain necessary for scope, exceptions, licensing, ownership and control, and enforcement questions.
Notices and changes
UK notices distinguish additions, delistings, revocations, variations and corrections. A delisting can follow a UN decision; a revocation follows the UK's official decision-making process; a variation changes a designation; and a correction makes an administrative amendment. A designated person may request variation or revocation under the applicable process, while UN-listed persons may request that the UK seek review at UN level.
Official verification
- Search the current UK Sanctions List and confirm its Unique ID.
- Compare the name type, aliases, identifiers, regime and designation source.
- Read the statement of reasons and the sanctions-imposed fields.
- Open the relevant regime's regulations, statutory guidance and latest designation notices.
- The UK Sanctions List and downloads
- Official UK Sanctions List format guide
- Current UK sanctions regimes and notices
- UK variation, revocation and UN-review guidance
Do not use the closed OFSI Consolidated List as a current screening source. Verify current UK designations through the UK Sanctions List.