--- title: "Abbott Laboratories Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/abbott-laboratories-limited-maidenhead-789097 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 --- # Abbott Laboratories Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Abbott Laboratories Limited (trading as Abbott Nutrition; Companies House 00329102; Maidenhead) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: Abbott Nutrition - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Maidenhead - Registered address: Abbott House Vanwall Business Park, Vanwall Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 4XE - Companies House number: 00329102 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00329102) - Website: https://www.abbott.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbott- - 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/abbott-laboratories-limited-maidenhead-789097 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 226 licensed sponsors in Maidenhead: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/maidenhead - One of 17,780 in Healthcare: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/healthcare - 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 26 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Aug 2026: Director resigned: CLAYTON, Michael Robert Kendall. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 17 Dec 2025: Director resigned: DAVIES, Alison Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 17 Dec 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. - 17 Dec 2025: New director appointed: WENNER, James Russell. Director change recorded on 17 Dec 2025. 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 2025: Director resigned: HARRIS, Neil. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Apr 2025: New director appointed: CAMPBELL, Ross Iain. Director change recorded on 25 Apr 2025. 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. - 18 Sep 2023: New director appointed: DAVIES, Alison Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 18 Sep 2023: Director resigned: MCCOY, John Arthur. Director change recorded on 18 Sep 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 Dec 2022: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Dec 2022. 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. - 15 Nov 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Nov 2021. 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. - 12 Nov 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 12 Nov 2021. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 Mar 2021: New director appointed: MCCOY, John Arthur. Director change recorded on 22 Mar 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. - 22 Mar 2021: Director resigned: PETERSON, Karen Marie. Director change recorded on 22 Mar 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. - 23 Mar 2020: New director appointed: CLAYTON, Michael Robert Kendall. Director change recorded on 23 Mar 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. - 23 Mar 2020: Director resigned: MOUNTRICHAS, Georgios. Director change recorded on 23 Mar 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. - 16 Jan 2019: New director appointed: PETERSON, Karen Marie. Director change recorded on 16 Jan 2019. 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. - 16 Jan 2019: Director resigned: YOOR, Brian. Director change recorded on 16 Jan 2019. 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. - 10 Dec 2018: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 10 Dec 2018. 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. - 27 Sep 2018: New director appointed: MOUNTRICHAS, Georgios. Director change recorded on 27 Sep 2018. 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. - 27 Sep 2018: Director resigned: HALL, Gary James. Director change recorded on 27 Sep 2018. 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 Aug 2018: New director appointed: HARRIS, Neil. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2018. 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. - 31 Aug 2018: Director resigned: HUDSON, Susan Michelle. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2018. 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 Apr 2016: Notification of Abbott Uk Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 15 Dec 2015: New director appointed: YOOR, Brian. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 2015. 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 Dec 2015: Director resigned: FREYMAN, Thomas Craig. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 2015. 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 Oct 2015: New director appointed: HALL, Gary James. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 2015. 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. - + 1 earlier change 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 Abbott Laboratories Limited ### Is Abbott Laboratories Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Abbott Laboratories Limited in Maidenhead is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Abbott Laboratories Limited sponsor? Abbott Laboratories Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Abbott Laboratories Limited based? The register lists Abbott Laboratories Limited at Abbott House Vanwall Business Park, Vanwall Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 4XE. 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 00329102. 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/abbott-laboratories-limited-maidenhead-789097 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/abbott-laboratories-limited-maidenhead-789097.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.