--- title: "Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cambridge-crystallographic-data-centre-cambridge-802487 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 --- # Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (trading as CCDC; Cambridge) 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 18 November 2020 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 18 November 2020 - Trading as: CCDC - Legal name: THE CAMBRIDGE CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DATA CENTRE - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Cambridge - Companies House number: 02155347 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02155347) - Website: https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/cambridge-crystallographic-data-centre - 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/cambridge-crystallographic-data-centre-cambridge-802487 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 837 licensed sponsors in Cambridge: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cambridge - One of 15,391 in Technology & Software: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/technology-software - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 21 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 29 May 2026: Director resigned: BACCHI, Alessia, Professor. Director change recorded on 29 May 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. - 29 May 2026: New director appointed: COOPER, Richard Ian, Dr. Director change recorded on 29 May 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. - 26 Sep 2024: New director appointed: DE WAARD, Anita. Director change recorded on 26 Sep 2024. 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. - 17 May 2024: Director resigned: MARTINSEN, David, Dr. Director change recorded on 17 May 2024. 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 May 2024: New corporate-secretary appointed: HS SECRETARIAL LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 16 May 2024. 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. - 21 Dec 2023: Cessation of Dr Ye Li as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Dec 2023. 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. - 21 Dec 2023: Cessation of Dr Per Ola Karl Engkvist as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Dec 2023. 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. - 21 Dec 2023: Cessation of Dr Nigel Pitchford as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Dec 2023. 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. - 21 Dec 2023: Cessation of Professor Susan Bourne as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Dec 2023. 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. - 21 Dec 2023: Cessation of Prof Jonathan Michael Goodman as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Dec 2023. 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. - 21 Dec 2023: Cessation of Alessia Bacchi as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Dec 2023. 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. - 21 Dec 2023: Cessation of Dr David Martinsen as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 21 Dec 2023. 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. - 10 Aug 2023: New director appointed: MARTIN, Jennifer Louise, Professor. Director change recorded on 10 Aug 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. - 5 May 2023: Cessation of Dr John Overington as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 May 2023. 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. - 5 May 2023: Director resigned: OVERINGTON, John, Dr. Director change recorded on 5 May 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. - 20 May 2022: New person with significant control: Dr Ye Li. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 May 2022. 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. - 20 May 2022: Cessation of Ms Judith Currano as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 May 2022. 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. - 20 May 2022: Director resigned: CURRANO, Judith Nancy. Director change recorded on 20 May 2022. 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. - 20 May 2022: New director appointed: LI, Ye, Dr. Director change recorded on 20 May 2022. 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. - 13 May 2021: New person with significant control: Dr Per Ola Karl Engkvist. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 May 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. - 13 May 2021: New director appointed: ENGKVIST, Per Ola Karl, Dr. Director change recorded on 13 May 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. 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 Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre ### Is Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre in Cambridge is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre sponsor? Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre based? The register lists Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre at Cambridge. 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. 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/cambridge-crystallographic-data-centre-cambridge-802487 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cambridge-crystallographic-data-centre-cambridge-802487.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.