--- title: "The Sainsbury Laboratory: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-sainsbury-laboratory-norwich-769444 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 Sainsbury Laboratory: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Sainsbury Laboratory (Companies House 03346853, Norwich) 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 at least 4 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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Norwich - Registered address: John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UH - Companies House number: 03346853 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03346853) - Website: https://www.tsl.ac.uk - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/the-sainsbury-laboratory - 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-sainsbury-laboratory-norwich-769444 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 405 licensed sponsors in Norwich: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/norwich - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 19 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 9 Oct 2026: Director resigned: FIELD, Robert Andrew, Professor. Director change recorded on 9 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 6 Nov 2026. - 1 Apr 2025: New director appointed: FIELD, Robert Andrew, Professor. Director change recorded on 1 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 Mar 2025: Director resigned: SEARCEY, Mark, Professor. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Jan 2024: Director resigned: FREEDMAN, Roger Prester, 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. - 1 Apr 2023: Director resigned: HUNTER, Jackie Ann, Professor. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 28 Oct 2021: New director appointed: SEARCEY, Mark, Professor. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 28 Oct 2021: Director resigned: EDWARDS, Dylan Richard Warrilow, Professor. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 1 May 2019: New director appointed: HUNTER, Jackie Ann, Professor. Director change recorded on 1 May 2019. 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 May 2019: New director appointed: DJIKENG, Appolinaire, Professor. Director change recorded on 1 May 2019. 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. - 30 Apr 2019: Director resigned: SANDERS, Dale, Professor. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 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. - 31 Aug 2018: Director resigned: TALBOT, Nicholas Jose, Professor. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 9 Nov 2017: New director appointed: EDWARDS, Dylan Richard Warrilow, Professor. Director change recorded on 9 Nov 2017. 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. - 9 Nov 2017: Director resigned: RICHARDSON, David John, Professor. Director change recorded on 9 Nov 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. - 1 Nov 2016: New director appointed: RICHARDSON, David John, Professor. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 31 Oct 2016: Director resigned: PETLEY, David, Professor. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 2016. 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 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Professor Nicholas Jose Talbot. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Nov 2014: New director appointed: GOW, Neil, Professor. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 15 Sep 2014: New director appointed: PETLEY, David, Professor. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 31 Aug 2014: Director resigned: ACTON, Edward David Joseph, Professor. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2014. 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 Sainsbury Laboratory ### Is The Sainsbury Laboratory a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Sainsbury Laboratory sponsor? The Sainsbury Laboratory is licensed for Government Authorised Exchange and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Sainsbury Laboratory based? The register lists The Sainsbury Laboratory at John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UH. 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 03346853. 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-sainsbury-laboratory-norwich-769444 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-sainsbury-laboratory-norwich-769444.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.