--- title: "The Gulf Research Centre Cambridge Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-gulf-research-centre-cambridge-limited-cambridge-778652 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 Gulf Research Centre Cambridge Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Gulf Research Centre Cambridge Limited (trading as GRC CAMBRIDGE; Companies House 06996970; 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 30 January 2014 (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: 30 January 2014 - Trading as: GRC CAMBRIDGE - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Cambridge - Registered address: FACULTY OF ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES, University Of Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 9DA - Companies House number: 06996970 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06996970) - Website: https://www.grc.net - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gulf-research-center - 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-gulf-research-centre-cambridge-limited-cambridge-778652 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 837 licensed sponsors in Cambridge: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cambridge - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 8 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 19 Jul 2022: Director resigned: EDWARDS, Geoffrey, Dr. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 18 Nov 2020: New director appointed: SFAKIANAKIS, Demetrius John, Dr. Director change recorded on 18 Nov 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. - 15 Jul 2019: Director resigned: DEARLOVE, Richard Billing, Sir. Director change recorded on 15 Jul 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. - 9 Dec 2018: Director resigned: ALANI, Mustafa, Dr. Director change recorded on 9 Dec 2018. 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 Aug 2017: Director resigned: NIBLOCK, Timothy Colin. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 2017. 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. - 16 Aug 2016: New director appointed: EDWARDS, Geoffrey, Dr. Director change recorded on 16 Aug 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. - 24 Aug 2015: Director resigned: TRIPP, Charles Rees Howard, Professor. Director change recorded on 24 Aug 2015. 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. - 25 Aug 2014: New director appointed: SAGER, Ahmed Abdulaziz Othman, Dr. Director change recorded on 25 Aug 2014. 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. 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 Gulf Research Centre Cambridge Limited ### Is The Gulf Research Centre Cambridge Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Gulf Research Centre Cambridge Limited in Cambridge is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Gulf Research Centre Cambridge Limited sponsor? The Gulf Research Centre Cambridge Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Gulf Research Centre Cambridge Limited based? The register lists The Gulf Research Centre Cambridge Limited at FACULTY OF ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES, University Of Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 9DA. 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 06996970. 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-gulf-research-centre-cambridge-limited-cambridge-778652 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-gulf-research-centre-cambridge-limited-cambridge-778652.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.