--- title: "Airbus Helicopters UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/airbus-helicopters-uk-limited-kidlington-791155 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 Helicopters UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Airbus Helicopters UK Limited (Companies House 01164090, Kidlington) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 25 March 2021 (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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 25 March 2021 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Kidlington - Registered address: Oxford Airport, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1QZ - Companies House number: 01164090 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01164090) - Website: https://www.airbushelicopters.co.uk - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/airbus-helicopters - 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-helicopters-uk-limited-kidlington-791155 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 38 licensed sponsors in Kidlington: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/kidlington - 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 28 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 27 Apr 2026: Director resigned: KITCHER, Julie Catherine Mary. Director change recorded on 27 Apr 2026. 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 Sep 2025: Director resigned: BLANCO ROMERO, Maria Angeles. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 2025. 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 Sep 2025: New director appointed: CASQUET, Alejandro Candil. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 2025. 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. - 17 Mar 2025: Director resigned: BROWN, Leonard Anthony. Director change recorded on 17 Mar 2025. 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. - 17 Mar 2025: New director appointed: ATACK, Richard. Director change recorded on 17 Mar 2025. 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. - 24 Jul 2023: Secretary resigned: SAINT-CHABAUD, Sebastien. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Jul 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. - 24 Jul 2023: New secretary appointed: ROZO, Yann. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Jul 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. - 1 Jan 2023: New person with significant control: Airbus Se. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 2023. 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. - 31 Dec 2022: Cessation of Mr Leonard Anthony Brown as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Dec 2022. 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. - 31 Dec 2022: Cessation of Ms Julie Catherine Mary Kitcher as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Dec 2022. 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. - 30 Jun 2022: Cessation of Mr Colin Arthur James as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 Jun 2022. 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. - 30 Jun 2022: Director resigned: JAMES, Colin Arthur. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 30 May 2022: New director appointed: HEIN, Thomas Walter. Director change recorded on 30 May 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. - 23 May 2022: Cessation of Mr Olivier Michalon as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 23 May 2022. 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. - 23 May 2022: Director resigned: MICHALON, Olivier, Director. Director change recorded on 23 May 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. - 3 May 2022: New person with significant control: Mr Leonard Anthony Brown. Change to people with significant control recorded on 3 May 2022. 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. - 3 May 2022: New director appointed: BROWN, Leonard Anthony. Director change recorded on 3 May 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. - 3 Jan 2022: New director appointed: BLANCO ROMERO, Maria Angeles. Director change recorded on 3 Jan 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. - 2 Jan 2022: Cessation of Mr Fernando Lombo as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 2 Jan 2022. 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. - 2 Jan 2022: Director resigned: LOMBO, Fernando. Director change recorded on 2 Jan 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 Nov 2021: New person with significant control: Ms Julie Catherine Mary Kitcher. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Nov 2021. 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. - 1 Nov 2021: New director appointed: KITCHER, Julie Catherine Mary. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 2021. 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. - 31 Oct 2021: Cessation of Mr Benedict Bridge as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Oct 2021. 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. - 31 Oct 2021: Director resigned: BRIDGE, Benedict. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 2021. 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. - 26 Jul 2021: New person with significant control: Mr Benedict Bridge. Change to people with significant control recorded on 26 Jul 2021. 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. - + 3 earlier changes on the web page 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 Helicopters UK Limited ### Is Airbus Helicopters UK Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Airbus Helicopters UK Limited in Kidlington is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Airbus Helicopters UK Limited sponsor? Airbus Helicopters UK Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Airbus Helicopters UK Limited based? The register lists Airbus Helicopters UK Limited at Oxford Airport, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1QZ. 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 01164090. 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-helicopters-uk-limited-kidlington-791155 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/airbus-helicopters-uk-limited-kidlington-791155.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.