BIUK licensed sponsor · Stockport, Cheshire · Professional and technical services
UK Biobank
UK Biobank, Stockport, Cheshire, 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 UK Biobank Limited (04978912), active, incorporated in 2003 (23 years ago), registered for other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering.
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Companies House
Who UK Biobank actually is
- Company number
- 04978912
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 28 November 2003 · 23 years old
- What they do
72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
- Registered office
- Units 1 & 2 Spectrum Way,, Adswood, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 0SA
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 11 September 2026.
The register
The register lists UK Biobank in Stockport, Cheshire as a licensed sponsor on Skilled Worker, an entry that goes back to at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is UK Biobank Limited (company number 04978912), a company limited by guarantee incorporated in 2003, 22 years ago. Registered office: Units 1 & 2 Spectrum Way,, Adswood, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 0SA, SK3 0SA. By its SIC codes the business is in professional and technical services.
A licence says an organisation may sponsor; it does not say it is hiring today. The way to find out is the same as for any employer: the careers page, the job boards, and a direct approach with a UK-style CV that says early that sponsorship would be needed.
Read the register
A gate, not a guarantee
The register tells you the gate is there. It says nothing about vacancies. For that, UK Biobank's own careers page and the job boards are the source, and they change with the season.
How to approach them
Make the certificate easy
The employer assigns the certificate; you supply what it needs. Certificates, references, your English level and a clear licence position, all ready, is what makes UK Biobank say yes to the sponsored candidate over the unsponsored one.
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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.
Register with Sama
Want to work for UK Biobank, 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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