--- title: "Global Kidney Foundation: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/global-kidney-foundation-birmingham-802259 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 --- # Global Kidney Foundation: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Global Kidney Foundation (Companies House 10389721, Birmingham) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Charity Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 14 December 2022 (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: Charity Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 14 December 2022 - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Birmingham - Registered address: Smithfield House, Digbeth, Birmingham, England, B5 6BS - Companies House number: 10389721 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10389721) - Website: https://gkf.org.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/global-kidney-foundation - 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/global-kidney-foundation-birmingham-802259 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 3,082 licensed sponsors in Birmingham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/birmingham - One of 17,780 in Healthcare: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/healthcare - Among 1,531 Charity Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-charity ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 6 changes worth checking, checked 30 October 2026, newest first: - 13 Jul 2026: Director resigned: RAFTERY, Martin John, Dr. Director change recorded on 13 Jul 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. - 12 Jul 2025: New director appointed: RAFTERY, Martin John, Dr. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 9 May 2025: Notification of Mr Zahid Bhatti as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 9 May 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. - 9 May 2025: Cessation of Mrs Syeda Naqvi as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 9 May 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. - 9 May 2025: Director resigned: VINE, Elzbieta. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 10 Jan 2023: Cessation of Mr Abdullah Mushtaq as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 Jan 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. 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 Global Kidney Foundation ### Is Global Kidney Foundation a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Global Kidney Foundation in Birmingham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Global Kidney Foundation sponsor? Global Kidney Foundation is licensed for Charity Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Global Kidney Foundation based? The register lists Global Kidney Foundation at Smithfield House, Digbeth, Birmingham, England, B5 6BS. 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 10389721. 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/global-kidney-foundation-birmingham-802259 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/global-kidney-foundation-birmingham-802259.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.