--- title: "Vifor Pharma UK Limited: UK sponsor licence history" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/vifor-pharma-uk-limited-staines-upon-thames-686405 register_status: removed 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 --- # Vifor Pharma UK Limited: UK sponsor licence history > As of 30 October 2026, Vifor Pharma UK Limited (Companies House 06514784, Staines-upon-Thames) is not on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors: it was removed on 13 July 2026, having appeared on the register since 19 August 2020 with an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). It cannot sponsor new visa applications while off the register. GOV.UK does not publish why a sponsor leaves, so it was not necessarily revoked. ## Key facts - Register status: Removed: no longer on the register since 13 July 2026. GOV.UK does not publish why a sponsor leaves - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 19 August 2020 - Removed from the register: 13 July 2026 - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Staines-upon-Thames - Registered address: 5 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3TW - Companies House number: 06514784 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06514784) - Company status (Companies House): active - 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/vifor-pharma-uk-limited-staines-upon-thames-686405 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 107 licensed sponsors in Staines-Upon-Thames: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/staines-upon-thames - One of 17,780 in Healthcare: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/healthcare - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 15 changes worth checking, checked 9 July 2026, newest first: - 27 Jun 2025: Secretary resigned: KUDZMA, Domas. Company secretary change recorded on 27 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 2024: New secretary appointed: KUDZMA, Domas. Company secretary 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. - 24 Apr 2024: Corporate-secretary resigned: TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Apr 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: Director resigned: IBRAHIM, Nick. Director change recorded on 24 Apr 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: ALLAN, Stephen Thomas. 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. - 24 Apr 2024: New secretary appointed: DIDIER, Virginie. Company secretary 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. - 18 Mar 2024: Director resigned: BEAN, Andrea. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 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. - 10 Jul 2023: New director appointed: IBRAHIM, Nick. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 10 Jul 2023: Director resigned: FREY, Georg Martin. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 9 Aug 2022: Notification of Csl Behring Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 9 Aug 2022. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 9 Aug 2022: Cessation of Vifor Pharma Ag as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 9 Aug 2022. 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. - 31 Mar 2022: New director appointed: BEAN, Andrea. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2022: Director resigned: IRWIN, James Alexander. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 9 Dec 2020: New director appointed: IRWIN, James Alexander. Director change recorded on 9 Dec 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. - 9 Dec 2020: Director resigned: MICHEL, Siegfried. Director change recorded on 9 Dec 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. 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 Vifor Pharma UK Limited ### Is Vifor Pharma UK Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? No. Vifor Pharma UK Limited in Staines-upon-Thames was removed from the Home Office register of licensed sponsors on 13 July 2026 and cannot sponsor new visa applications. Companies House does not confirm that the company has closed. ### When did Vifor Pharma UK Limited leave the sponsor register? Vifor Pharma UK Limited no longer appears on the register, having been listed until 13 July 2026. GOV.UK does not publish why a sponsor leaves: the licence may have been revoked, surrendered, replaced after an ownership change, or lapsed. If your visa is sponsored by this employer, contact them and get immigration advice. If a licence has been revoked, workers usually get 60 days to find a new sponsor. ### What visa routes can Vifor Pharma UK Limited sponsor? Vifor Pharma UK Limited was licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Vifor Pharma UK Limited based? The register lists Vifor Pharma UK Limited at 5 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3TW. 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 06514784. 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/vifor-pharma-uk-limited-staines-upon-thames-686405 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/vifor-pharma-uk-limited-staines-upon-thames-686405.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.