The register
The register lists Astex Therapeutics Limited in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire as a licensed sponsor on Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker, 2 routes in all, and has done since at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is Astex Therapeutics Limited (company number 03751674), a private limited company incorporated in 1999, 27 years ago. The registered office is at 436 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0QA, CB4 0QA. Its filed activity puts it in professional and technical services. It has traded under other names before, including Astex Technology Limited, Intercede 1426 Limited.
What the licence tells a candidate is that the door is not locked. Whether it is open this month is a question for Astex Therapeutics Limited's own careers page and the job boards, and the answer changes with the season and the order book.