--- title: "DFDS Seaways PLC: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dfds-seaways-plc-north-east-lincolnshire-768819 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 --- # DFDS Seaways PLC: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, DFDS Seaways PLC (trading as DFDS Nordic Terminal; Companies House 01554521; North East Lincolnshire) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 2 November 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; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 2 November 2021 - Trading as: DFDS Nordic Terminal - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: North East Lincolnshire - Registered address: Nordic House Western Access Road, Immingham Dock, Immingham, North East Linc, DN40 2LZ - Companies House number: 01554521 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01554521) - Website: https://www.dfds.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dfds/ - 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/dfds-seaways-plc-north-east-lincolnshire-768819 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 6,274 in Travel, Transport & Mobility: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/travel-transport-mobility - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 21 Sep 2026: New director appointed: VON LÜTTICHAU, Hans Helmuth. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 14 Aug 2026: Director resigned: GIRARDIN, Mathieu. Director change recorded on 14 Aug 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. - 19 May 2026: Secretary resigned: MEEK, Andrew. Company secretary change recorded on 19 May 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. - 19 May 2026: New secretary appointed: WORRALL, Jonathan Stephen. Company secretary change recorded on 19 May 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. - 17 Apr 2026: Director resigned: CARLSEN, Torben. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Apr 2026: New director appointed: BOESEN, Karen Dyrskjot. Director change recorded on 17 Apr 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. - 24 Dec 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 24 Dec 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 Jan 2023: New director appointed: GIRARDIN, Mathieu. Director change recorded on 18 Jan 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. - 18 Jan 2023: New director appointed: LOWDEN, Jonathan. Director change recorded on 18 Jan 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 Aug 2022: Director resigned: PEDERSEN, Peder Gellert. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 19 Jan 2022: New secretary appointed: MEEK, Andrew. Company secretary change recorded on 19 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. - 19 Jan 2022: Secretary resigned: BIRD, Karen. Company secretary change recorded on 19 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. 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 DFDS Seaways PLC ### Is DFDS Seaways PLC a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. DFDS Seaways PLC in North East Lincolnshire 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 DFDS Seaways PLC sponsor? DFDS Seaways PLC is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is DFDS Seaways PLC based? The register lists DFDS Seaways PLC at Nordic House Western Access Road, Immingham Dock, Immingham, North East Linc, DN40 2LZ. 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 01554521. 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/dfds-seaways-plc-north-east-lincolnshire-768819 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dfds-seaways-plc-north-east-lincolnshire-768819.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.