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WuXi AppTec UK Ltd

Cambridgeshire, NULL · Currently licensed

WuXi AppTec UK Ltd holds a Home Office sponsor licence and appears on the register of licensed sponsors published 28 Oct 2026. It can sponsor overseas nationals for 2 visa routes, and its A rating means it can assign Certificates of Sponsorship normally.

First seen on register: 9 Apr 2025
Last confirmed: 28 Oct 2026 (latest edition)

Visa routes this sponsor is licensed for

Route	Visa it allows the sponsor to support	Rating	Since
Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker Worker	Senior or Specialist Worker visa For multinational companies transferring senior managers or specialists from an overseas branch to the UK business. Replaced the Intra-company Transfer route in April 2022.	A rating	9 Apr 2025
Skilled Worker Worker	Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa) The main UK work visa. Lets the sponsor employ overseas nationals in eligible skilled jobs, from nurses and care workers to engineers, chefs and software developers, for up to 5 years at a time, with a route to settlement.	A rating	9 Apr 2025

Ratings: Full compliance. The sponsor can assign Certificates of Sponsorship and recruit from overseas normally. Downgraded after compliance concerns. The sponsor is on a time-limited action plan with the Home Office and cannot sponsor new workers until it is restored to an A rating. Failure to complete the plan leads to revocation. More.

Licence history

9 Apr 2025
Added to register
First appeared on the register of licensed sponsors.

Companies House

Company: WUXI APPTEC UK LTD 07495313 name match
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 17 Jan 2011
Registered office: 5 NEW STREET SQUARE, LONDON, EC4A 3TW
Nature of business: 71200 - Technical testing and analysis
72110 - Research and experimental development on biotechnology

Matched from the Companies House monthly bulk data by company name. The sponsor register itself carries no company number.

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Other register entries with this name

WuXi AppTec UK Ltd, Oxford (removed)

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