--- title: "The Faraday Institution: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-faraday-institution-oxford-703299 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 Institution: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Faraday Institution (Companies House 10959095, Oxford) 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 5 March 2018 (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: 5 March 2018 - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Oxford - Registered address: Suite 4, 2nd Floor, Quad One Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, England, OX11 0RA - Companies House number: 10959095 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10959095) - Website: https://www.faraday.ac.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thefaradayinstitution/ - 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-institution-oxford-703299 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 629 licensed sponsors in Oxford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/oxford - 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 37 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 19 Aug 2026: Director resigned: KIRNER, Hanno. Director change recorded on 19 Aug 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. - 10 Jul 2026: New director appointed: STASSIN, Fabrice, Dr. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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 Jul 2026: New director appointed: JACKSON, Neville Stuart, Professor. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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 Nov 2025: Director resigned: PIKUNIC, Jorge Pablo. Director change recorded on 10 Nov 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. - 17 Sep 2025: Secretary resigned: ROBERTSON, Susan Mary. Company secretary change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Sep 2025: New secretary appointed: CALLOW, Catherine. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Sep 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. - 8 Jul 2025: Director resigned: SPEARING, Simon Mark, Professor. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 30 Jun 2025: Director resigned: GENTILI, Valentina, Dr. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 24 Apr 2025: New director appointed: GENTILI, Valentina, Dr. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 24 Apr 2025: New director appointed: O'REILLY, Rachel Kerry. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 24 Apr 2025: New director appointed: BRUNDLE, Robin Charles. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Director resigned: LITTLEWOOD, Peter Brent. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 30 Jun 2024: Director resigned: O'HARA, Cordelia. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 24 Apr 2024: New director appointed: COWLEY, Steven Charles, Dr. Director change recorded on 24 Apr 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. - 22 Nov 2023: Director resigned: EDSTROM, Ester Kristina, Professor. Director change recorded on 22 Nov 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. - 6 Nov 2023: Director resigned: VAN TOL, Maurits, Dr. Director change recorded on 6 Nov 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. - 3 Jul 2023: New director appointed: SRINIVASAN, Venkat, Dr. Director change recorded on 3 Jul 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. - 3 Jul 2023: New director appointed: GLADDEN, Lynn Faith, Professor Dame. Director change recorded on 3 Jul 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. - 13 Mar 2023: Director resigned: HEIDARI-ROBINSON, Stephen. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 14 Mar 2022: Director resigned: CHAMBERLAIN, Jeffrey, Dr. Director change recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 14 Mar 2022: Director resigned: GREEN, Johney, Dr. Director change recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 11 Feb 2022: New director appointed: KIRNER, Hanno. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 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. - 11 Feb 2022: New director appointed: TAYLOR, Esther, Dr. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 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. - 19 Mar 2021: Director resigned: DOCTER, Andreas, Dr. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 15 Mar 2021: New director appointed: O'HARA, Cordelia. Director change recorded on 15 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. - + 12 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 The Faraday Institution ### Is The Faraday Institution a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Faraday Institution in Oxford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Faraday Institution sponsor? The Faraday Institution is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Faraday Institution based? The register lists The Faraday Institution at Suite 4, 2nd Floor, Quad One Becquerel Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, England, OX11 0RA. 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 10959095. 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-institution-oxford-703299 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-faraday-institution-oxford-703299.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.