--- title: "AKWEL BIRMINGHAM UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/akwel-birmingham-uk-limited-sutton-coldfield-791477 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 --- # AKWEL BIRMINGHAM UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, AKWEL BIRMINGHAM UK Limited (Companies House 03437265, Sutton Coldfield) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 15 February 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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker - First seen on the register: 15 February 2021 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Sutton Coldfield - Registered address: Midpoint Park, Kingsbury Road, Minworth, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B76 1AF - Companies House number: 03437265 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03437265) - Website: https://akwel-automotive.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akwel/ - 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/akwel-birmingham-uk-limited-sutton-coldfield-791477 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 90 licensed sponsors in Sutton Coldfield: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/sutton-coldfield - 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 7 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 8 Oct 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 8 Oct 2026. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. The 20-working-day window runs to about 5 Nov 2026. - 22 May 2025: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 22 May 2025. 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. - 16 May 2025: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 16 May 2025. 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. - 18 Oct 2022: New secretary appointed: HAMBLY, Leigh. Company secretary change recorded on 18 Oct 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. - 14 Oct 2022: Secretary resigned: LEDWITCH, David John. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Oct 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 Jul 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 1 Jul 2022. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 6 May 2022: Director resigned: WARD, Michael. Director change recorded on 6 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. 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 AKWEL BIRMINGHAM UK Limited ### Is AKWEL BIRMINGHAM UK Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. AKWEL BIRMINGHAM UK Limited in Sutton Coldfield 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 AKWEL BIRMINGHAM UK Limited sponsor? AKWEL BIRMINGHAM UK Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is AKWEL BIRMINGHAM UK Limited based? The register lists AKWEL BIRMINGHAM UK Limited at Midpoint Park, Kingsbury Road, Minworth, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B76 1AF. 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 03437265. 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/akwel-birmingham-uk-limited-sutton-coldfield-791477 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/akwel-birmingham-uk-limited-sutton-coldfield-791477.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.