--- title: "Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/shimadzu-research-laboratory-europe-ltd-manchester-726907 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 --- # Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd (Companies House 03342183, Manchester) 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: SHIMADZU RESEARCH LABORATORY (EUROPE) LTD. - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Manchester - Registered address: Wharfside Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP - Companies House number: 03342183 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03342183) - Website: https://www.srlab.co.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/shimadzu-research-laboratory-europe-ltd-manchester-726907 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 2,872 licensed sponsors in Manchester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/manchester - 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 21 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 1 Sep 2026: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Oct 2025: New director appointed: IWAMOTO, Shinichi. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 9 Sep 2025: Director resigned: MUKAI, Norio. Director change recorded on 9 Sep 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 Apr 2025: Director resigned: HORIIKE, Shigeyoshi. Director change recorded on 1 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 Apr 2025: New director appointed: KEARNEY, Gordon Christopher. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 26 Jun 2023: New director appointed: MUKAI, Norio. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 26 Jun 2023: Secretary resigned: SHIMAZU, Kozo. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 1 Apr 2023: New director appointed: OKUMURA, Daisuke. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2023: Director resigned: MUKAI, Norio. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 1 Oct 2021: Director resigned: OGAWA, Kiyoshi. Director change recorded on 1 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 Oct 2021: New director appointed: FURUHASHI, Osamu. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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 Apr 2021: New director appointed: HORIIKE, Shigeyoshi. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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 Apr 2021: Director resigned: WAKI, Hiroaki. 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 Apr 2020: New director appointed: MUKAI, Norio. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2020: Director resigned: NISHIMOTO, Ryuji. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Oct 2019: New director appointed: OGAWA, Kiyoshi. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 1 Oct 2019: Director resigned: NAKANISHI, Hiroaki, Dr. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 29 Jun 2017: New director appointed: NISHIMOTO, Ryuji. Director change recorded on 29 Jun 2017. 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. - 29 Jun 2016: New director appointed: WAKI, Hiroaki. Director change recorded on 29 Jun 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. - 29 Jun 2016: Director resigned: OGAWA, Kiyoshi. Director change recorded on 29 Jun 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Shimadzu Corporation 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. 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 Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd ### Is Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd in Manchester 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 Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd sponsor? Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) 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 Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd based? The register lists Shimadzu Research Laboratory (Europe) Ltd at Wharfside Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, M17 1GP. 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 03342183. 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/shimadzu-research-laboratory-europe-ltd-manchester-726907 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/shimadzu-research-laboratory-europe-ltd-manchester-726907.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.