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Censo Biotechnologies Ltd trading as Axol Bioscience Ltd

Midlothian, Scotland · Currently licensed

Censo Biotechnologies Ltd trading as Axol Bioscience Ltd holds a Home Office sponsor licence and appears on the register of licensed sponsors published 27 Oct 2026. It can sponsor overseas nationals for the Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa), and its A rating means it can assign Certificates of Sponsorship normally.

First seen on register: 11 Oct 2021
Last confirmed: 27 Oct 2026 (latest edition)

Visa routes this sponsor is licensed for

Route	Visa it allows the sponsor to support	Rating	Since
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	11 Oct 2021

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

11 Oct 2021
Added to register
First appeared on the register of licensed sponsors.

Companies House

Company: CENSO BIOTECHNOLOGIES LTD SC348293 matched (legal name before "t/a")
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 9 Sep 2008
Registered office: ROSLIN INNOVATION CENTRE CHARNOCK BRADLEY BUILDING, EASTER BUSH CAMPUS, MIDLOTHIAN, EH25 9RG
Nature of business: 72110 - Research and experimental development on biotechnology

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

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