28 January 2026 - UK guidance on sanctions list format changes
24/12/2025
The UK will move to a single list for sanctions designations effective Wednesday, 28 January 2026.
Up to the 28th, the UK designations are currently set out on two lists
- The UK Sanctions List published by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office [FCDO] and
- The Consolidated List of Asset Freeze Targets published by HM Treasury.
After 28 January 2026,
- Only the UK Sanctions List maintained by the FCDO will remain in use.
The result being
- The UK Sanctions List search tool will BE RETAINED following the change,
- But the OFSI Consolidated List search tool will be removed.
OFSI has today published
- The recording of a webinar discussing upcoming changes to the UK sanctions list
- A format guide for the UK sanctions list to assist businesses with mapping fields from the Consolidated List onto the UK Sanctions List.
OFSI also updated its guidance:
- A ‘checklist’ has been added to suggest steps businesses should take to prepare for the change.

- A section has been added to say that the list of Russian persons subject to financial and investment restrictions will continue to be published alongside the new list.
- A new section has been added which contains the same information as the newly published format guide.
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