--- title: "The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-faraday-institute-for-science-and-religion-cambridge-768143 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 Faraday Institute for Science and Religion: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion (trading as FARADAY TRUST; Companies House 08426223; 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 24 October 2019 (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: 24 October 2019 - Trading as: FARADAY TRUST - Industry: Education - Town: Cambridge - Registered address: The Faraday Institute The Woolf Building, Madingley Road, Cambridge,, England, CB3 0UB - Companies House number: 08426223 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08426223) - Website: https://www.faraday.cam.ac.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/the-faraday-institute-for-science-and-religion-cambridge-768143 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 837 licensed sponsors in Cambridge: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cambridge - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 20 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 7 Oct 2026: New director appointed: FERGUSSON, David Alexander Syme, Very Revd Prof. Director change recorded on 7 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 4 Nov 2026. - 11 Sep 2026: New director appointed: NEUFELD, Sharon Ann Scovil, Dr. Director change recorded on 11 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. - 10 Dec 2025: Director resigned: NISBET, Christine Mary Rutherford, Dr. Director change recorded on 10 Dec 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. - 10 Dec 2025: Director resigned: ALEXANDER, Denis Raven, Dr. Director change recorded on 10 Dec 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. - 26 Aug 2025: Director resigned: FITZGERALD, Rebecca Clare, Professor. Director change recorded on 26 Aug 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. - 2 Dec 2024: New director appointed: BARLOW, Martin Thomas, Prof. Director change recorded on 2 Dec 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. - 10 Jul 2024: Director resigned: DAVISON, Andrew Paul, The Revd Dr. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 14 Jan 2023: New director appointed: LISTER, Diane Lorraine, Dr. Director change recorded on 14 Jan 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. - 5 Jan 2023: New director appointed: FRASER, Norman Macaskill, Dr. Director change recorded on 5 Jan 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. - 2 Oct 2022: Director resigned: EWART, Paul, Prof. Director change recorded on 2 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 Dec 2021: New director appointed: FITZGERALD, Rebecca Clare, Professor. Director change recorded on 8 Dec 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. - 2 Dec 2021: Director resigned: HUMPHREYS, Colin John, Professor Sir. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 1 Oct 2021: New director appointed: EWART, Paul, Prof. 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 Oct 2021: Director resigned: FOX, Keith, Prof. 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. - 27 Jul 2021: New director appointed: NISBET, Christine Mary Rutherford, Dr. Director change recorded on 27 Jul 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. - 15 Jan 2021: Director resigned: WHITE, Ian Hugh. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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. - 7 Jul 2020: New director appointed: FOX, Keith, Prof. Director change recorded on 7 Jul 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. - 7 Jul 2020: Director resigned: SOSKICE, Janet Claire, Professor. Director change recorded on 7 Jul 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. - 2 Mar 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 2 Mar 2020. 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. - 22 Feb 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 22 Feb 2020. 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. 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 Faraday Institute for Science and Religion ### Is The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion in Cambridge is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion sponsor? The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion based? The register lists The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at The Faraday Institute The Woolf Building, Madingley Road, Cambridge,, England, CB3 0UB. 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 08426223. 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/the-faraday-institute-for-science-and-religion-cambridge-768143 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-faraday-institute-for-science-and-religion-cambridge-768143.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.