--- title: "PPD Global Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ppd-global-ltd-cambridge-750788 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 --- # PPD Global Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, PPD Global Ltd (Companies House 01564604, Cambridge) 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: Professional Services - Town: Cambridge - Registered address: Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 6GQ - Companies House number: 01564604 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01564604) - Website: https://www.ppd.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ppd/ - 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/ppd-global-ltd-cambridge-750788 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 837 licensed sponsors in Cambridge: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cambridge - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - 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 25 changes worth checking, checked 26 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. - 1 May 2025: Director resigned: GEROCK III, Henry Walter. Director change recorded on 1 May 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 May 2025: New director appointed: LI-YAN-HUI, Xiao Rong. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 1 May 2025: New director appointed: ETTEFAGH, Michael Amir. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Mar 2024: New director appointed: GEROCK III, Henry Walter. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Mar 2024: Director resigned: HARRIS, Richard Stuart. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2024: Secretary resigned: JAMES, Julia Mary. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 15 Dec 2023: Director resigned: LEE, Amber Kathleen. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 15 Dec 2023: New director appointed: STARR, Alison Jane. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 2023. 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 Nov 2023: Notification of Thermo Fisher Scientific Blg Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 20 Nov 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. - 20 Nov 2023: Cessation of Ppd Uk Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Nov 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. - 30 Nov 2022: New secretary appointed: GREGG, Rhona. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Nov 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. - 30 Nov 2022: New corporate-secretary appointed: OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Nov 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. - 4 Nov 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Nov 2022. 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. - 1 Feb 2022: New director appointed: LEE, Amber Kathleen. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 1 Feb 2022: Director resigned: NEWBERY, Roger Stephen. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 6 Jan 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 6 Jan 2022. 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. - 5 Jan 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 5 Jan 2022. 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. - 1 Feb 2021: New secretary appointed: JAMES, Julia Mary. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 19 Mar 2020: New director appointed: HARRIS, Richard Stuart. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 19 Mar 2020: Secretary resigned: NEILD, Christopher David. Company secretary change recorded on 19 Mar 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. - 28 Jun 2017: Director resigned: SUMMERFIELD, Peter John Frederick. Director change recorded on 28 Jun 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Ppd Uk 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. - 27 Aug 2014: New director appointed: JAMES, Julia Mary. Director change recorded on 27 Aug 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. - 27 Aug 2014: Director resigned: HARTMAN, Brainard Judd. Director change recorded on 27 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. 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 PPD Global Ltd ### Is PPD Global Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. PPD Global Ltd in Cambridge 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 PPD Global Ltd sponsor? PPD Global 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 PPD Global Ltd based? The register lists PPD Global Ltd at Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 6GQ. 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 01564604. 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/ppd-global-ltd-cambridge-750788 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ppd-global-ltd-cambridge-750788.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.