It maintains and develops financial, educational, cultural, and technological relations and provides assistance to British nationals in Taiwan.

[1] It functions as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations between London and Taipei.

The late 2010s presented particular opportunities in offshore wind, railways and nuclear decommissioning.

[1] The office has been located in President International Tower (統一國際大樓) in Xinyi District since 22 January 2008.

[17][18] It succeeded the Anglo-Taiwan Trade Committee, a privately financed entity established in 1976,[19] following the closure of the British Consulate in Tamsui in 1972.