--- title: "Diffblue Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/diffblue-ltd-oxford-685117 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 --- # Diffblue Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Diffblue Ltd (Companies House 09958102, Oxford) 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 4 February 2019 (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 February 2019 - Legal name: DIFFBLUE LIMITED - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Oxford - Registered address: Ramsey House, 10 St. Ebbes Street, Oxford, England, OX1 1PT - Companies House number: 09958102 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09958102) - Website: https://www.diffblue.com/about-us/ - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/diffblue - 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/diffblue-ltd-oxford-685117 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 629 licensed sponsors in Oxford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/oxford - 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 66 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 11 Sep 2026: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 11 Sep 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. - 9 Sep 2026: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Sep 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. - 3 Sep 2026: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 3 Sep 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. - 23 Aug 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 23 Aug 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. - 6 Aug 2026: New person with significant control: Peter Schrammel. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Aug 2026. 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. - 6 Aug 2026: New person with significant control: Thomas Paul Given-Wilson. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Aug 2026. 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. - 6 Aug 2026: Cessation of Ip2ipo Portfolio (Gp) Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Aug 2026. 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. - 6 Aug 2026: Corporate-director resigned: PARKWALK ADVISORS LTD. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 6 Aug 2026: Director resigned: WINSLOW, Edward Christopher. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 6 Aug 2026: Director resigned: KAPLAN, Evan. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 6 Aug 2026: Director resigned: SILBER, Jane Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 6 Aug 2026: Corporate-director resigned: IP2IPO SERVICES LIMITED. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 6 Aug 2026: New director appointed: SCHRAMMEL, Peter. Director change recorded on 6 Aug 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. - 6 Aug 2026: New director appointed: GIVEN-WILSON, Thomas Paul. Director change recorded on 6 Aug 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. - 21 Apr 2026: Director resigned: WILSON, Tania Amelia Jane. Director change recorded on 21 Apr 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. - 19 Nov 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Nov 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. - 14 Nov 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 14 Nov 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. - 6 Nov 2025: New person with significant control: Ip2ipo Portfolio (Gp) Limited. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Nov 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. - 6 Nov 2025: Cessation of Ip2ipo Portfolio L.P. as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Nov 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. - 6 Oct 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Oct 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. - 11 Jun 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 11 Jun 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. - 25 Nov 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 4 Nov 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 4 Nov 2024. 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. - 9 Oct 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Oct 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. - 26 Sep 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 26 Sep 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. - + 41 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 Diffblue Ltd ### Is Diffblue Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Diffblue Ltd in Oxford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Diffblue Ltd sponsor? Diffblue Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Diffblue Ltd based? The register lists Diffblue Ltd at Ramsey House, 10 St. Ebbes Street, Oxford, England, OX1 1PT. 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 09958102. 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/diffblue-ltd-oxford-685117 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/diffblue-ltd-oxford-685117.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.