--- title: "Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/novartis-pharmaceuticals-uk-ltd-london-720161 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 --- # Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd (Companies House 00119006, London) 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 - Legal name: NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS UK LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: London - Registered address: 2nd Floor, The Westworks Building White City Place, 195 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom, W12 7FQ - Companies House number: 00119006 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00119006) - 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/novartis-pharmaceuticals-uk-ltd-london-720161 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - 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 43 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Jan 2026: Secretary resigned: ROBINSON, Timothy William. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2026: New secretary appointed: CULLEN, Richard Samuel. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jan 2026. 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. - 12 May 2025: New director appointed: GUPTA, Sandeep. Director change recorded on 12 May 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. - 8 Apr 2025: Director resigned: BROOKS, Jason Mark. Director change recorded on 8 Apr 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. - 1 Nov 2024: New director appointed: KAHLSTROEM, Johan Mikael Olof. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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 Oct 2024: Director resigned: GAMACHE, Marie-Andree Renee. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 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. - 20 Jul 2022: New secretary appointed: ROBINSON, Timothy William. Company secretary change recorded on 20 Jul 2022. 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 Jul 2022: Secretary resigned: CULLEN, Richard Samuel. Company secretary change recorded on 20 Jul 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. - 29 Jun 2022: New director appointed: GAMACHE, Marie-Andree Renee. Director change recorded on 29 Jun 2022. 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 May 2022: Director resigned: KREISSIG, Roland. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 31 May 2022: Director resigned: BHATT, Chinmay Umesh. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 14 Dec 2021: New director appointed: KREISSIG, Roland. Director change recorded on 14 Dec 2021. 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 Oct 2021: Director resigned: SCHEIFFELE, Anna Mari, Dr. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 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. - 1 Apr 2021: Director resigned: AHMAD, Haseeb. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Jan 2021: New secretary appointed: CULLEN, Richard Samuel. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jan 2021. 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. - 1 Jan 2021: Secretary resigned: WESTON, Rebecca Ann. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Sep 2020: New director appointed: BHATT, Chinmay Umesh. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 17 Dec 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 17 Dec 2019. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 13 Sep 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 13 Sep 2019. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Sep 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 12 Sep 2019. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 May 2019: Director resigned: TSCHUDIN, Marie-France. Director change recorded on 22 May 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. - 9 May 2019: New director appointed: BROOKS, Jason Mark. Director change recorded on 9 May 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 May 2019: Director resigned: LACAZE, Oriane Fanny. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 10 Jul 2018: Director resigned: KIRSCH, Harry Werner. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 9 May 2018: New director appointed: SCHEIFFELE, Anna Mari, Dr. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - + 18 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 Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd ### Is Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd in London 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 Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd sponsor? Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd 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 Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd based? The register lists Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd at 2nd Floor, The Westworks Building White City Place, 195 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom, W12 7FQ. 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 00119006. 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/novartis-pharmaceuticals-uk-ltd-london-720161 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/novartis-pharmaceuticals-uk-ltd-london-720161.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.