--- title: "Seda Pharma Development Services Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/seda-pharma-development-services-ltd-cheadle-733983 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 --- # Seda Pharma Development Services Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Seda Pharma Development Services Ltd (trading as Seda Pharmaceutical Development Services; Companies House 09442533; Cheadle) 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 17 October 2023 (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: 17 October 2023 - Trading as: Seda Pharmaceutical Development Services - Legal name: SEDA PHARMA DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LTD. - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Cheadle - Registered address: 3 Castlebrook Close, Unsworth, Bury, Lancashire, United Kingdom, BL9 8JE - Companies House number: 09442533 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09442533) - Website: https://www.sedapds.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/seda-pharmaceutical-development-services/ - 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/seda-pharma-development-services-ltd-cheadle-733983 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 84 licensed sponsors in Cheadle: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cheadle - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 23 Sep 2026: New director appointed: ROYDEN, Sandra Mary. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 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. - 15 Apr 2026: Shares cancelled (capital reduction). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Apr 2026. 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. - 14 Apr 2026: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 14 Apr 2026. 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. - 7 Apr 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Apr 2026. 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. - 16 Mar 2026: New person with significant control: Bgf Nominees Limited. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Mar 2026. 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. - 16 Mar 2026: Cessation of Mr Paul William Stott as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Mar 2026. 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. - 16 Mar 2026: Cessation of Mr Marcel De Matas as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Mar 2026. 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. - 16 Mar 2026: Cessation of Mr Paul Alfred Dickinson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Mar 2026. 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. - 16 Mar 2026: New director appointed: JONES, Harry Robert James. Director change recorded on 16 Mar 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. - 16 Mar 2026: New director appointed: ANDREW, Jonathan Charles. Director change recorded on 16 Mar 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. - 3 Mar 2026: Cessation of Aleva Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 3 Mar 2026. 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. - 3 Jan 2026: New person with significant control: Mr Paul William Stott. Change to people with significant control recorded on 3 Jan 2026. 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. 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 Seda Pharma Development Services Ltd ### Is Seda Pharma Development Services Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Seda Pharma Development Services Ltd in Cheadle is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Seda Pharma Development Services Ltd sponsor? Seda Pharma Development Services Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Seda Pharma Development Services Ltd based? The register lists Seda Pharma Development Services Ltd at 3 Castlebrook Close, Unsworth, Bury, Lancashire, United Kingdom, BL9 8JE. 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 09442533. 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/seda-pharma-development-services-ltd-cheadle-733983 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/seda-pharma-development-services-ltd-cheadle-733983.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.