--- title: "Firmenich UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/firmenich-uk-ltd-southall-691895 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 --- # Firmenich UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Firmenich UK Ltd (Companies House 02503296, Southall) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, 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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: FIRMENICH UK LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Southall - Registered address: Hayes Road,, Southall,, Middlesex,, UB2 5NN - Companies House number: 02503296 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02503296) - Website: https://www.firmenich.com/company/locations - 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/firmenich-uk-ltd-southall-691895 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 423 licensed sponsors in Southall: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/southall - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 20 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 15 Apr 2026: New director appointed: PADGETT, George. Director change recorded on 15 Apr 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. - 15 Apr 2026: New director appointed: DU PLESSIS, Paul Albertus. Director change recorded on 15 Apr 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. - 19 Dec 2025: Director resigned: NEWMAN, Trevor. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 15 Jun 2023: Director resigned: ZUNDEL, Dominique Florence. Director change recorded on 15 Jun 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. - 15 Jun 2023: New director appointed: RAYNAUD, Vanessa, Anne, Emmanuelle. Director change recorded on 15 Jun 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. - 8 May 2023: Notification of Dsm-Firmenich Ag as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 8 May 2023. 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. - 18 Jul 2022: New director appointed: NEWMAN, Trevor. Director change recorded on 18 Jul 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. - 15 Dec 2020: New director appointed: STOSCHEK, Karel Wolfgang. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 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. - 8 Oct 2020: Director resigned: NOGUEIRA, Paulo Sergio Menoita. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 2020. 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. - 30 Sep 2020: Director resigned: NELSON, Gary Charles. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2020. 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 Sep 2017: New director appointed: NOGUEIRA, Paulo Sergio Menoita. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 29 Sep 2017: Director resigned: BAILEY, Mark Andrew. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 29 Sep 2017: Director resigned: FERRY, Jerome Christian Marcel. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 29 Sep 2017: New director appointed: BOUCHARD, Elodie Josiane. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 1 Jun 2015: New director appointed: ZUNDEL, Dominique Florence. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 2015. 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 Jun 2015: New director appointed: BAILEY, Mark Andrew. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 2015. 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 Jun 2015: New director appointed: PICTET, Laetitia Christabel. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 2015. 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 Oct 2014: Director resigned: FISCHLIN, Joanne. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 2014. 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 2013: New director appointed: FERRY, Jerome Christian Marcel. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 2013. 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 Dec 2013: Director resigned: GETHING, Rogan Roy. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 2013. 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. 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 Firmenich UK Ltd ### Is Firmenich UK Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Firmenich UK Ltd in Southall 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 Firmenich UK Ltd sponsor? Firmenich UK Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Firmenich UK Ltd based? The register lists Firmenich UK Ltd at Hayes Road,, Southall,, Middlesex,, UB2 5NN. 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 02503296. 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/firmenich-uk-ltd-southall-691895 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/firmenich-uk-ltd-southall-691895.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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