--- title: "Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (t/a SCAR): UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/scientific-committee-on-antarctic-research-t-a-scar-cambridge-769820 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 --- # Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (t/a SCAR): UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (t/a SCAR) (Companies House 06564642, Cambridge) 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 26 September 2015 (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: 26 September 2015 - Legal name: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Cambridge - Registered address: Scar Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1ER - Companies House number: 06564642 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06564642) - Website: https://www.scar.org - 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/scientific-committee-on-antarctic-research-t-a-scar-cambridge-769820 ## 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 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 27 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 28 Aug 2024: Director resigned: KARENTZ, Deneb, Professor. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 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. - 28 Aug 2024: Director resigned: SIMOES, Jefferson Cardia, Professor. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 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. - 28 Aug 2024: New director appointed: NAKAMURA, Takuji, Prof. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 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. - 28 Aug 2024: New director appointed: ESCUTIA, Carlota, Prof. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 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. - 27 Aug 2024: New director appointed: WILSON, Gary Steven, Prof. Director change recorded on 27 Aug 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. - 7 Sep 2022: Director resigned: CHOWN, Steven Loudon, Professor. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 7 Sep 2022: Director resigned: WILSON, Gary Steven, Prof. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 7 Sep 2022: Director resigned: RAVICHANDRAN, Muthalagu, Dr. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 7 Sep 2022: New director appointed: ÖZSOY, Burcu. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 7 Sep 2022: New director appointed: LEPPE CARTES, Marcelo Adrian, Dr. Director change recorded on 7 Sep 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. - 25 Mar 2021: New director appointed: KARENTZ, Deneb, Professor. Director change recorded on 25 Mar 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. - 25 Mar 2021: Director resigned: RITZ, Catherine Beatrice Odile, Dr. Director change recorded on 25 Mar 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. - 25 Mar 2021: New director appointed: KIM, Yeadong, Dr. Director change recorded on 25 Mar 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. - 26 Jun 2018: New director appointed: WILSON, Gary Steven, Prof. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 26 Jun 2018: New director appointed: RAVICHANDRAN, Muthalagu, Dr. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 26 Jun 2018: New director appointed: RITZ, Catherine Beatrice Odile, Dr. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 26 Jun 2018: Director resigned: LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, Jeronimo, Professor. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 26 Jun 2018: Director resigned: LOCHTE, Karin. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 26 Jun 2018: Director resigned: WILSON, Terry, Professor. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 26 Jun 2018: Director resigned: SAMAH, Azizan Bin Abu, Professor. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 4 Jun 2018: New secretary appointed: NATH, Pathikonda Chandrika, Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 4 Jun 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. - 16 Nov 2017: Secretary resigned: BAESEMAN, Jenny Lynn, Dr. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Nov 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. - 30 Aug 2016: New director appointed: SIMOES, Jefferson Cardia, Professor. Director change recorded on 30 Aug 2016. 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 Aug 2016: New director appointed: CHOWN, Steven Loudon, Professor. Director change recorded on 30 Aug 2016. 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 Aug 2016: Director resigned: STOREY, Bryan, Professor. Director change recorded on 30 Aug 2016. 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 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 Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (t/a SCAR) ### Is Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (t/a SCAR) a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (t/a SCAR) in Cambridge is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (t/a SCAR) sponsor? Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (t/a SCAR) is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (t/a SCAR) based? The register lists Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (t/a SCAR) at Scar Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1ER. 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 06564642. 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. 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