--- title: "Airbus Defence and Space Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/airbus-defence-and-space-limited-portsmouth-791153 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Airbus Defence and Space Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Airbus Defence and Space Limited (Companies House 02449259, Portsmouth) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering 4 visa routes, including Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Global Business Mobility: Service Supplier, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 25 September 2014 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Global Business Mobility: Service Supplier; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 25 September 2014 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Portsmouth - Registered address: Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS - Companies House number: 02449259 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02449259) - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/airbus-defence-and-space-limited-portsmouth-791153 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 254 licensed sponsors in Portsmouth: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/portsmouth - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 16 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 20 Dec 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Dec 2024. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 1 Dec 2023: New director appointed: ESCOTT, Katherine Edda. Director change recorded on 1 Dec 2023. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Oct 2023: Director resigned: FRANKLIN, Richard John. Director change recorded on 19 Oct 2023. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Jun 2022: New director appointed: BRIDGE, Benedict Lenthall. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 2022. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 30 Apr 2022: Director resigned: WHITEHEAD, Julian Bruce. Director change recorded on 30 Apr 2022. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Jan 2020: New director appointed: FRANKLIN, Richard John. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 2020. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Jan 2020: Director resigned: PAYNTER, Colin. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 2020. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 20 Sep 2018: Notification of Airbus Se as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 20 Sep 2018. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 20 Sep 2018: Cessation of Airbus Ds Holdings Bv as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Sep 2018. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 20 Jun 2018: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Jun 2018. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 20 Oct 2016: Director resigned: PITTOMVILS, Edwin. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 2016. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 20 Oct 2016: Director resigned: BERANGER, Eric Eugene Albert. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 2016. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Aug 2016: Director resigned: STEVENS, Michael Joseph. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2016. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Airbus Ds Holdings Bv as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 22 Dec 2015: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Dec 2015. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 1 Apr 2015: Director resigned: WOOD, Andrew Patrick. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2015. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about Airbus Defence and Space Limited ### Is Airbus Defence and Space Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Airbus Defence and Space Limited in Portsmouth is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Airbus Defence and Space Limited sponsor? Airbus Defence and Space Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Global Business Mobility: Service Supplier and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Airbus Defence and Space Limited based? The register lists Airbus Defence and Space Limited at Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 02449259. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/airbus-defence-and-space-limited-portsmouth-791153 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/airbus-defence-and-space-limited-portsmouth-791153.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.