--- title: "Locate Bio Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/locate-bio-limited-nottingham-710276 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 --- # Locate Bio Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Locate Bio Limited (Companies House 04202562, Nottingham) 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 15 March 2024 (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: 15 March 2024 - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Nottingham - Registered address: Medicity Thane Road, Beeston, Nottingham, NG90 6BH - Companies House number: 04202562 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04202562) - Website: https://locatetherapeutics.com - 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/locate-bio-limited-nottingham-710276 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,054 licensed sponsors in Nottingham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/nottingham - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 11 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 12 May 2026: Director resigned: EARL, Jonathan Gareth. Director change recorded on 12 May 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. - 28 Nov 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 28 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. - 21 Nov 2025: Director resigned: THOMSON, Colin Ian. Director change recorded on 21 Nov 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. - 17 Sep 2025: Director resigned: GWYTHER, Alex Stephen. Director change recorded on 17 Sep 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. - 17 Sep 2025: New corporate-director appointed: MERCIA FUND MANAGEMENT (NOMINEES) LIMITED. Director change recorded on 17 Sep 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. - 31 Mar 2025: Director resigned: SHAKESHEFF, Kevin Morris. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 28 Nov 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 28 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. - 17 May 2024: New director appointed: GWYTHER, Alex Stephen. Director change recorded on 17 May 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. - 17 May 2024: Director resigned: DINES, Peter Michael. Director change recorded on 17 May 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. - 2 May 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 2 May 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. - 21 Mar 2024: New director appointed: THOMSON, Colin Ian. Director change recorded on 21 Mar 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. 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 Locate Bio Limited ### Is Locate Bio Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Locate Bio Limited in Nottingham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Locate Bio Limited sponsor? Locate Bio Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Locate Bio Limited based? The register lists Locate Bio Limited at Medicity Thane Road, Beeston, Nottingham, NG90 6BH. 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 04202562. 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/locate-bio-limited-nottingham-710276 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/locate-bio-limited-nottingham-710276.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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