--- title: "Bedfont Scientific Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bedfont-scientific-ltd-maidstone-762937 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 --- # Bedfont Scientific Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Bedfont Scientific Ltd (Companies House 01289798, Maidstone) 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 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: BEDFONT SCIENTIFIC LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Maidstone - Registered address: Station Yard, Station Road, Harrietsham, Kent, ME17 1JA - Companies House number: 01289798 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01289798) - Website: https://www.bedfont.com - 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/bedfont-scientific-ltd-maidstone-762937 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 185 licensed sponsors in Maidstone: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/maidstone - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 23 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 7 Oct 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 4 Nov 2026. - 23 Sep 2026: Director resigned: CORNEVIN, Charles Leopold Daniel. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 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. - 23 Sep 2026: New director appointed: MESTRINER, Susanna. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 2026. 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 Oct 2025: Notification of Breathbio Bidco Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 8 Oct 2025. 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. - 8 Oct 2025: Cessation of Mr Jason Trevor Smith as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Oct 2025. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 8 Oct 2025: Cessation of Mr Trevor Charles Leslie Smith as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Oct 2025. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 8 Oct 2025: New director appointed: CORNEVIN, Charles Leopold Daniel. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 8 Oct 2025: Director resigned: SMITH, Trevor Charles Leslie. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 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. - 8 Oct 2025: Director resigned: SMITH, Andrew Graham Treve. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 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. - 8 Oct 2025: Director resigned: SMITH, Natasha. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 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. - 8 Oct 2025: New director appointed: SINTRAT, Claire Francoise Christiane. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 8 Oct 2025: New director appointed: ULRICH, Nicolas. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 3 Jul 2023: Secretary resigned: SMITH, Jason Trevor. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Jul 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. - 3 Jul 2023: New secretary appointed: WAPLE, Dawn. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Jul 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. - 1 Apr 2023: New secretary appointed: SMITH, Jason Trevor. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2023: Secretary resigned: BRUMMELL, Barbara. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 1 Dec 2021: New director appointed: SMITH, Natasha. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 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. - 18 Nov 2021: New person with significant control: Mr Jason Trevor Smith. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Nov 2021. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Mar 2021: New director appointed: YONEMURA, Yusuke. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 2 Dec 2020: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 2 Dec 2020. 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. - 1 Oct 2017: New director appointed: SMITH, Andrew Graham Treve. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 3 Oct 2016: New director appointed: SMITH, Jason Trevor. Director change recorded on 3 Oct 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Trevor Charles Leslie Smith. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. 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 Bedfont Scientific Ltd ### Is Bedfont Scientific Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Bedfont Scientific Ltd in Maidstone 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 Bedfont Scientific Ltd sponsor? Bedfont Scientific Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Bedfont Scientific Ltd based? The register lists Bedfont Scientific Ltd at Station Yard, Station Road, Harrietsham, Kent, ME17 1JA. 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 01289798. 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/bedfont-scientific-ltd-maidstone-762937 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bedfont-scientific-ltd-maidstone-762937.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.