--- title: "The Francis Crick Institute Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-francis-crick-institute-limited-london-773052 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 Francis Crick Institute Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Francis Crick Institute Limited (Companies House 06885462, London) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Government Authorised Exchange and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 18 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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Government Authorised Exchange; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 18 August 2013 - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: London - Registered address: 1 Midland Road, London, NW1 1AT - Companies House number: 06885462 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06885462) - Website: https://www.crick.ac.uk - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/the-francis-crick-institute - 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-francis-crick-institute-limited-london-773052 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 67 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 3 Aug 2026: New director appointed: GEORGE, Peter Lutz. Director change recorded on 3 Aug 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. - 20 Jul 2026: New director appointed: MCKERNAN, Ruth Mitchell, Dr. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 19 Jul 2026: Director resigned: BINGHAM, Kate Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 28 Mar 2025: New director appointed: MITCHELL, Michelle Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 28 Mar 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. - 27 Mar 2025: Director resigned: FOULKES, Iain Walter, Dr. Director change recorded on 27 Mar 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. - 6 Mar 2025: New director appointed: LORD, Graham Michael, Professor. Director change recorded on 6 Mar 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: TREMBATH, Richard Charles, Professor. 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. - 1 Feb 2024: New director appointed: RØTTINGEN, John-Arne, Dr. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 31 Jan 2024: Director resigned: SCHREIER, Paul Jakob Robert, Dr. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 27 Oct 2023: New director appointed: CHINNERY, Patrick Francis, Professor. Director change recorded on 27 Oct 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. - 16 Oct 2023: New secretary appointed: SAXENA, Rahul Erik. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Oct 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. - 15 Oct 2023: Secretary resigned: FITZ, Joseph Daniel. Company secretary change recorded on 15 Oct 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. - 2 Oct 2023: Director resigned: IREDALE, John Peter, Professor. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 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. - 2 Oct 2023: New director appointed: REES, Geraint Ellis, Professor. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 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 Aug 2023: Director resigned: LOMAS, David Arthur, Professor. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 22 Aug 2023: New director appointed: RYAN, Mary Patricia, Professor. Director change recorded on 22 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 Jun 2023: Director resigned: DALLMAN, Margaret Jane, Prof. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 21 Feb 2022: New director appointed: IREDALE, John Peter, Professor. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 7 Jan 2022: Director resigned: WATT, Fiona Mary, Dr. Director change recorded on 7 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. - 11 Jan 2021: New director appointed: BIRD, Adrian Peter, Sir. Director change recorded on 11 Jan 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 Sep 2020: New director appointed: TREMBATH, Richard Charles, Professor. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 31 Aug 2020: Director resigned: LECHLER, Robert Ian, Professor Sir. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 29 Jun 2020: Director resigned: LEYSER DAY, Henrietta Miriam Ottoline, Professor. Director change recorded on 29 Jun 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. - 8 Jan 2020: New director appointed: SCHREIER, Paul Jakob Robert, Dr. Director change recorded on 8 Jan 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. - 8 Jan 2020: Director resigned: FARRAR, Jeremy, Dr. Director change recorded on 8 Jan 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. - + 42 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 Francis Crick Institute Limited ### Is The Francis Crick Institute Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Francis Crick Institute Limited in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Francis Crick Institute Limited sponsor? The Francis Crick Institute Limited is licensed for Government Authorised Exchange and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Francis Crick Institute Limited based? The register lists The Francis Crick Institute Limited at 1 Midland Road, London, NW1 1AT. 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 06885462. 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-francis-crick-institute-limited-london-773052 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-francis-crick-institute-limited-london-773052.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.