--- title: "The Company Of Biologists, Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-company-of-biologists-limited-cambridge-769529 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 --- # The Company Of Biologists, Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Company Of Biologists, Limited (Companies House 00514735, 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 28 July 2021 (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: 28 July 2021 - Legal name: THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS - Industry: Media, Marketing & Creative - Town: Cambridge - Registered address: Bidder Building, Station Road, Cambridge, Cambs, CB24 9LF - Companies House number: 00514735 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00514735) - Website: https://www.biologists.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-company-of-biologists - 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/the-company-of-biologists-limited-cambridge-769529 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 837 licensed sponsors in Cambridge: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cambridge - One of 5,872 in Media, Marketing & Creative: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/media-marketing-creative - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 24 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Oct 2026: New director appointed: MARKS, Jayne Diana. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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 Jul 2026: Director resigned: RIGBY, Peter William Jack, Professor. Director change recorded on 3 Jul 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. - 3 Jul 2026: Director resigned: ISACKE, Clare Margaret, Professor. Director change recorded on 3 Jul 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. - 4 Mar 2026: Director resigned: WILSON, Alan Martin, Professor. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 11 Jul 2025: Director resigned: MUNRO, Bruce Sean, Dr. Director change recorded on 11 Jul 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. - 11 Jul 2025: Director resigned: MACHESKY, Laura Marie, Professor. Director change recorded on 11 Jul 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. - 11 Jul 2025: New director appointed: TAIT, Stephen, Professor. Director change recorded on 11 Jul 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. - 11 Jul 2025: New director appointed: PEIFER, Mark Alan, Dr. Director change recorded on 11 Jul 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. - 11 Jul 2025: New director appointed: URBÉ, Sylvie, Professor. Director change recorded on 11 Jul 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. - 11 Jul 2025: New director appointed: MILL, Pleasantine, Dr. Director change recorded on 11 Jul 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. - 12 Nov 2024: Company name changed, now trading as "THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS". Company name change recorded on 12 Nov 2024. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 4 Oct 2024: Director resigned: GRIFFITHS, Gillian, Professor. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 5 Jul 2024: New director appointed: GRIFFITHS, Gillian, Professor. Director change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 5 Jul 2024: Director resigned: BURKE, Julian Francis. Director change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 5 Jul 2024: Director resigned: NILSSON, Goran Erik, Professor. Director change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 5 Jul 2024: New director appointed: KELLY, Steven Bryan, Professor. Director change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 5 Jul 2024: New director appointed: SMITH, Austin Gerard, Professor. Director change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 24 Aug 2023: New secretary appointed: WARD, Catherine. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Aug 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. - 23 Aug 2023: Secretary resigned: RICHMOND, Kay Anita. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Aug 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. - 5 Jul 2023: Director resigned: FREEMAN, Matthew, Professor. Director change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 7 Oct 2022: Director resigned: STOREY, Kate Gillian, Professor. Director change recorded on 7 Oct 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. - 8 Jul 2022: Director resigned: FAROOQI, Ismaa Sadaf, Professor. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 10 Jan 2022: Director resigned: DOWNIE, Alastair. Director change recorded on 10 Jan 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 Dec 2021: Director resigned: VYAS, Paresh, Professor. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. 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 The Company Of Biologists, Limited ### Is The Company Of Biologists, Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Company Of Biologists, Limited in Cambridge is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Company Of Biologists, Limited sponsor? The Company Of Biologists, Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Company Of Biologists, Limited based? The register lists The Company Of Biologists, Limited at Bidder Building, Station Road, Cambridge, Cambs, CB24 9LF. 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 00514735. 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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