--- title: "Censo Biotechnologies Ltd trading as Axol Bioscience Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/censo-biotechnologies-ltd-trading-as-axol-bioscience-ltd-midlothian-700369 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 --- # Censo Biotechnologies Ltd trading as Axol Bioscience Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Censo Biotechnologies Ltd trading as Axol Bioscience Ltd (Midlothian) 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 11 October 2021 (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: 11 October 2021 - Legal name: Censo Biotechnologies Ltd - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Midlothian - Companies House number: SC348293 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC348293) - 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/censo-biotechnologies-ltd-trading-as-axol-bioscience-ltd-midlothian-700369 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 17,780 in Healthcare: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/healthcare - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 13 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 12 May 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 12 May 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. - 7 Jan 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Jan 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. - 5 Jan 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 5 Jan 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. - 16 Apr 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 Apr 2025. 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. - 20 Jun 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Jun 2024. 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 Nov 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Nov 2023. 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. - 29 Aug 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 29 Aug 2023. 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. - 8 May 2023: Director resigned: MILNER, Jonathan Simon, Dr. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 31 Oct 2022: Director resigned: HUMPHREYS, Wayne Stuart. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 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. - 31 Oct 2022: New director appointed: RICHARDSON, Oliver. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 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. - 29 Jun 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 29 Jun 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. - 28 Oct 2021: Director resigned: TSONEVA, Daniela Dimitrova. Director change recorded on 28 Oct 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. - 28 Oct 2021: New director appointed: VENABLES, David Charles, Dr. Director change recorded on 28 Oct 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 Censo Biotechnologies Ltd trading as Axol Bioscience Ltd ### Is Censo Biotechnologies Ltd trading as Axol Bioscience Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Censo Biotechnologies Ltd trading as Axol Bioscience Ltd in Midlothian is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Censo Biotechnologies Ltd trading as Axol Bioscience Ltd sponsor? Censo Biotechnologies Ltd trading as Axol Bioscience Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Censo Biotechnologies Ltd trading as Axol Bioscience Ltd based? The register lists Censo Biotechnologies Ltd trading as Axol Bioscience Ltd at Midlothian. 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/censo-biotechnologies-ltd-trading-as-axol-bioscience-ltd-midlothian-700369 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/censo-biotechnologies-ltd-trading-as-axol-bioscience-ltd-midlothian-700369.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.