--- title: "Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/kemira-chemicals-uk-ltd-bradford-705873 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 --- # Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd (trading as Kemira Global; Companies House 00907866; Bradford) 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 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: Kemira Global - Legal name: KEMIRA CHEMICALS (UK) LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Bradford - Registered address: Bowling Park Drive, West Bowling, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 7TT - Companies House number: 00907866 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00907866) - Website: https://www.kemira.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kemira/ - 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/kemira-chemicals-uk-ltd-bradford-705873 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 740 licensed sponsors in Bradford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bradford - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 14 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 30 Jun 2025: Director resigned: WHARTON, Elaine. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 19 Jul 2019: Secretary resigned: CROSSLAND, Linda Christine. Company secretary change recorded on 19 Jul 2019. 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. - 5 Sep 2017: New director appointed: NYREN, Anders Fredrik. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 28 Aug 2017: New director appointed: WHARTON, Elaine. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 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. - 28 Jul 2017: Director resigned: BARKER, Andrew William. Director change recorded on 28 Jul 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. - 16 May 2017: Director resigned: JONG, Arthur Richard De. Director change recorded on 16 May 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. - 1 Apr 2017: Notification of Kemira Oyj as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Apr 2017. 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. - 10 Feb 2017: Director resigned: NOKKANEN, Juha Antero. Director change recorded on 10 Feb 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. - 10 Oct 2014: New director appointed: JONG, Arthur Richard De. Director change recorded on 10 Oct 2014. 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 Aug 2014: Director resigned: MANTYSAARI, Markus Timo. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 6 Apr 2014: New director appointed: NORMINGTON, David John. Director change recorded on 6 Apr 2014. 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. - 20 Jan 2014: New secretary appointed: CROSSLAND, Linda Christine. Company secretary change recorded on 20 Jan 2014. 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. - 20 Jan 2014: Secretary resigned: BARKER, Andrew William. Company secretary change recorded on 20 Jan 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. - 31 Dec 2013: Director resigned: ASPDEN, Peter Graeme. Director change recorded on 31 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 Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd ### Is Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd in Bradford 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 Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd sponsor? Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd based? The register lists Kemira Chemicals (UK) Ltd at Bowling Park Drive, West Bowling, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 7TT. 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 00907866. 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/kemira-chemicals-uk-ltd-bradford-705873 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/kemira-chemicals-uk-ltd-bradford-705873.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.