--- title: "National Foundation for Educational Research in England & Wales: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/national-foundation-for-educational-research-in-england-and-wales-berkshire-756201 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 --- # National Foundation for Educational Research in England & Wales: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, National Foundation for Educational Research in England & Wales (Berkshire) 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 30 December 2020 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 30 December 2020 - Industry: Education - Town: Berkshire - Companies House number: 00900899 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00900899) - Website: https://www.nfer.ac.uk - 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/national-foundation-for-educational-research-in-england-and-wales-berkshire-756201 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 77 licensed sponsors in Berkshire: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/berkshire - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 15 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 17 Sep 2026: Director resigned: COCKING, Joan Lorna. Director change recorded on 17 Sep 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. - 15 Apr 2026: Secretary resigned: KANU, Ekaete Christine. Company secretary change recorded on 15 Apr 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. - 5 Nov 2025: New secretary appointed: KANU, Ekaete Christine. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Nov 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. - 5 Nov 2025: Secretary resigned: TARR, Simon Charles Vaughan. Company secretary change recorded on 5 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. - 6 Nov 2024: Director resigned: RYAN, Conor Francis. Director change recorded on 6 Nov 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. - 6 Nov 2024: Director resigned: MACDONALD, Samuel Hugh John. Director change recorded on 6 Nov 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. - 6 Nov 2024: Director resigned: HOLLISTER, Neil. Director change recorded on 6 Nov 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. - 6 Nov 2024: Director resigned: HILLMAN, Nicholas Piers Huxley. Director change recorded on 6 Nov 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. - 17 Jul 2024: New secretary appointed: TARR, Simon Charles Vaughan. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Jul 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 Jul 2024: Director resigned: DOUGLAS, Susan Frances. Director change recorded on 17 Jul 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. - 17 Jul 2024: Secretary resigned: SPALL, Philip Andrew. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Jul 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. - 1 Jan 2024: New secretary appointed: SPALL, Philip Andrew. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 31 Dec 2023: Secretary resigned: BIRKETT, Richard Henry Struan. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 10 Nov 2021: Director resigned: GHANTIWALA, Hemlata Meghani. Director change recorded on 10 Nov 2021. 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 2020: Director resigned: BAUCKHAM, Ian Roger. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. 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 National Foundation for Educational Research in England & Wales ### Is National Foundation for Educational Research in England & Wales a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. National Foundation for Educational Research in England & Wales in Berkshire is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can National Foundation for Educational Research in England & Wales sponsor? National Foundation for Educational Research in England & Wales is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is National Foundation for Educational Research in England & Wales based? The register lists National Foundation for Educational Research in England & Wales at Berkshire. 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. 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/national-foundation-for-educational-research-in-england-and-wales-berkshire-756201 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/national-foundation-for-educational-research-in-england-and-wales-berkshire-756201.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.