--- title: "Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cranfield-aerospace-solutions-limited-bedford-682911 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 --- # Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited (Companies House 02415720, Bedford) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 13 March 2024 (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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 13 March 2024 - Also known as: CRANFIELD AEROSPACE; CRANFIELD MAINTENANCE; CRANFIELD MILITARY SOLUTIONS; CRANFIELD MOTORSPORT SIMULATION - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Bedford - Registered address: Hanger 2 Cranfield Airport, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, MK43 0AL - Companies House number: 02415720 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02415720) - Website: https://cranfieldaerospace.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cranfieldaerospace/ - 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/cranfield-aerospace-solutions-limited-bedford-682911 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 332 licensed sponsors in Bedford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bedford - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 9 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 2 Sep 2026: New director appointed: ILLAT-PIBOULEAU, Florent. Director change recorded on 2 Sep 2026. 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. - 15 Jun 2026: Director resigned: CRAIG, Paul Anthony, Mr.. Director change recorded on 15 Jun 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. - 25 Nov 2025: Director resigned: ILLAT, Florent. Director change recorded on 25 Nov 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. - 12 Aug 2025: Director resigned: HULF, Richard John. Director change recorded on 12 Aug 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. - 27 Jun 2025: New director appointed: ZIEHE, Christian. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 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. - 27 Mar 2025: Director resigned: HUTTON, Paul. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 11 Feb 2025: Director resigned: GRAY, Iain Gilmour. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 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. - 11 Sep 2024: New director appointed: HULF, Richard John. Director change recorded on 11 Sep 2024. 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. - 11 Sep 2024: Director resigned: TRAYNOR, John Joseph, Dt. Director change recorded on 11 Sep 2024. 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 Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited ### Is Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited in Bedford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited sponsor? Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited based? The register lists Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Limited at Hanger 2 Cranfield Airport, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, MK43 0AL. 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 02415720. 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/cranfield-aerospace-solutions-limited-bedford-682911 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cranfield-aerospace-solutions-limited-bedford-682911.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.