--- title: "Adaptimmune Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/adaptimmune-limited-abingdon-790070 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 --- # Adaptimmune Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Adaptimmune Limited (Companies House 06456741, Abingdon) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 14 May 2014 (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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 14 May 2014 - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Abingdon - Registered address: 60 Jubilee Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, OX14 4RX - Companies House number: 06456741 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06456741) - Website: https://www.adaptimmune.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adaptimmune/ - 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/adaptimmune-limited-abingdon-790070 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 136 licensed sponsors in Abingdon: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/abingdon - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 33 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Mar 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 25 Mar 2026. 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. - 15 Dec 2025: Director resigned: RAWCLIFFE, Adrian George. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 14 Nov 2025: Director resigned: BERTRAND, William Charles. Director change recorded on 14 Nov 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. - 14 Nov 2025: New director appointed: HILL, Christopher James. Director change recorded on 14 Nov 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. - 1 Oct 2025: New director appointed: BERTRAND, William Charles. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 30 Sep 2025: Secretary resigned: HENRY, Margaret. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 9 Sep 2025: Director resigned: WOOD, Gavin. Director change recorded on 9 Sep 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. - 31 Mar 2025: Director resigned: TAYTON-MARTIN, Helen Katrina, Dr. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 1 Apr 2020: New director appointed: WOOD, Gavin. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Sep 2019: New director appointed: HENRY, Margaret. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Sep 2019: Director resigned: NOBLE, James Julian. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Jun 2017: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 1 Jun 2017. 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. - 21 Feb 2017: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 21 Feb 2017. 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 Jan 2017: New director appointed: RAWCLIFFE, Adrian George. Director change recorded on 12 Jan 2017. 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. - 12 Jan 2017: New director appointed: TAYTON-MARTIN, Helen Katrina, Dr. Director change recorded on 12 Jan 2017. 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. - 12 Jan 2017: Director resigned: THOMPSON, Peter Armstrong, Dr. Director change recorded on 12 Jan 2017. 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. - 12 Jan 2017: Director resigned: BEHBAHANI, Ali, Dr. Director change recorded on 12 Jan 2017. 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. - 12 Jan 2017: Director resigned: SIGAL, C Elliott, Dr. Director change recorded on 12 Jan 2017. 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. - 12 Jan 2017: Director resigned: MOTT, David Morrell. Director change recorded on 12 Jan 2017. 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 Dec 2016: Director resigned: LAING, Ian Michael. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 2016. 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 Dec 2016: Director resigned: KNOWLES, Jonathan Kenneth Charles, Dr. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 2016. 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 Adaptimmune Therapeutics Plc 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. - 25 Aug 2015: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 25 Aug 2015. 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. - 5 Nov 2014: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 5 Nov 2014. 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. - 23 Sep 2014: New director appointed: THOMPSON, Peter Armstrong, Dr. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 2014. 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. - + 8 earlier changes 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 Adaptimmune Limited ### Is Adaptimmune Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Adaptimmune Limited in Abingdon is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Adaptimmune Limited sponsor? Adaptimmune Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Adaptimmune Limited based? The register lists Adaptimmune Limited at 60 Jubilee Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, OX14 4RX. 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 06456741. 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/adaptimmune-limited-abingdon-790070 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/adaptimmune-limited-abingdon-790070.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.