--- title: "Life Technologies Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/life-technologies-limited-paisley-767470 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 --- # Life Technologies Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Life Technologies Limited (Companies House SC083107, Paisley) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Paisley - Registered address: 3 Fountain Drive, Inchinnan Business Park, Paisley, PA4 9RF - Companies House number: SC083107 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC083107) - Website: https://www.thermofisher.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thermo-fisher-scientific - 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/life-technologies-limited-paisley-767470 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 79 licensed sponsors in Paisley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/paisley - 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 34 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Mar 2026: Secretary resigned: GREGG, Rhona. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 18 Apr 2024: Director resigned: NORMAN, David John. Director change recorded on 18 Apr 2024. 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. - 18 Apr 2024: New director appointed: GREEN, Georgina Adams. Director change recorded on 18 Apr 2024. 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. - 18 Apr 2024: New director appointed: STARR, Alison Jane. Director change recorded on 18 Apr 2024. 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 Feb 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 21 Feb 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. - 13 Dec 2023: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 13 Dec 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 Mar 2023: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 29 Mar 2023, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 16 Mar 2023: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 16 Mar 2023, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 7 Mar 2023: Notification of Thermo Fisher Scientific Life Holdings 2 Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 7 Mar 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. - 7 Mar 2023: Cessation of Thermo Fisher Scientific Life Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Mar 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. - 13 Jan 2023: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 13 Jan 2023, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 1 Mar 2022: Director resigned: WALLACE, Claire Marie. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 23 Mar 2020: New director appointed: AHMED, Syed Waqas. Director change recorded on 23 Mar 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. - 3 Dec 2019: Director resigned: GRANT, Lucie Mary Katja. Director change recorded on 3 Dec 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. - 21 Feb 2019: New director appointed: WALLACE, Claire Marie. Director change recorded on 21 Feb 2019. 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 Nov 2018: Director resigned: SUTHERLAND, Janet. Director change recorded on 9 Nov 2018. 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 2018: Director resigned: INCE, Nicholas. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 2018. 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 2018: New director appointed: CAMERON, Euan Daney Ross. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 2018. 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. - 22 May 2018: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 May 2018. 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 Oct 2017: New director appointed: SMITH, Anthony Hugh. Director change recorded on 6 Oct 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Thermo Fisher Scientific Life Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 16 Nov 2015: New director appointed: NORMAN, David John. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 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. - 16 Nov 2015: Director resigned: WHEELER, Kevin Neil. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 2015. 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 Sep 2015: New secretary appointed: GREGG, Rhona. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Sep 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. - 10 Sep 2015: New director appointed: INCE, Nicholas. Director change recorded on 10 Sep 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. - + 9 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 Life Technologies Limited ### Is Life Technologies Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Life Technologies Limited in Paisley 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 Life Technologies Limited sponsor? Life Technologies Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Life Technologies Limited based? The register lists Life Technologies Limited at 3 Fountain Drive, Inchinnan Business Park, Paisley, PA4 9RF. 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 SC083107. 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/life-technologies-limited-paisley-767470 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/life-technologies-limited-paisley-767470.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.