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UK licensed sponsor · Cambridge · Pharmaceuticals
Advent Bioservices
Advent Bioservices, Cambridge, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Advent Bioservices Ltd (08717711), active, incorporated in 2013 (13 years ago), registered for manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations.
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Companies House
Who Advent Bioservices actually is
- Company number
- 08717711
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 October 2013 · 13 years old
- What they do
21200Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations72110Research and experimental development on biotechnology74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
- Sector
- Pharmaceuticals
- Previously
- Cognate Bioservices Limited (until 2017)
Cognate Bioscience UK Limited (until 2014) - Registered office
- Sawston Business Park, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3JG
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 9 September 2026.
The register
Advent Bioservices is licensed to sponsor workers on Skilled Worker. The organisation is based in Cambridge and has held its place on the register since at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating).
Advent Bioservices Ltd is the registered name (Companies House number 08717711), a private limited company on the register since 2013. The registered office is at Sawston Business Park, Sawston, Cambridge, CB22 3JG, CB22 3JG. Its filed activity puts it in pharmaceuticals. It has traded under other names before, including Cognate Bioservices Limited, Cognate Bioscience UK Limited.
For a candidate this means one less obstacle: Advent Bioservices already has the licence most employers would have to apply for. The rest is the ordinary job of getting the interview.
What a licence means
They can sponsor. That is all it says.
A sponsor licence lets an organisation assign a Certificate of Sponsorship to a worker on the routes it covers. It does not mean Advent Bioservices is hiring from abroad this month, only that it can, and has been checked by the Home Office to do so.
How to approach them
Lead with the role, not the visa
Apply through the careers page or the job boards with a UK-style CV, say early that you would need sponsorship, and make the skill and the years the first thing they read.
Nearby
Other sponsors in the UK
- Ipsen Biopharm LimitedWrexham
- The Organic Pharmacy LimitedLondon
- Norbrook Laboratories LimitedNewry
- Galenic Laboratories LimitedLondon
- Allergy TherapeuticsWorthing
- Atnahs Pharma UK Ltd T/A PharmanoviaBasildon
- Dendron Brands LimitedWatford
- PPP UK LTDKent
For candidates
What you need to work here
- A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
- A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
- A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.
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Want to work for Advent Bioservices, or somewhere like it?
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For employers
Using your sponsor licence again soon?
Next time you are recruiting, talk to us first. We supply trade tested drivers, mechanics, welders and fitters, can organise a trip to see candidates tested at our centres, and handle the Certificate of Sponsorship paperwork with you.
- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Trade tested before you see them, not after.
- Nothing is ever charged to the candidate.
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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.
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