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title: "Futaba Manufacturing UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status"
canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/futaba-manufacturing-uk-ltd-burnley-774070
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
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# Futaba Manufacturing UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status

> As of 30 October 2026, Futaba Manufacturing UK Ltd (Burnley) 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 6 November 2017 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors).

## 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: 6 November 2017
- Legal name: FUTABA MANUFACTURING U.K. LIMITED
- Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial
- Town: Burnley
- Companies House number: 04070975 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04070975)
- Website: https://www.fmuk.ltd
- 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/futaba-manufacturing-uk-ltd-burnley-774070

## Where this sponsor sits

- One of 111 licensed sponsors in Burnley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/burnley
- 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

23 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first:

- 1 Apr 2026: Director resigned: YAMADA, Satoshi. Director change recorded on 1 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 Apr 2026: New director appointed: NAGATA, Akira. Director change recorded on 1 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.
- 1 Apr 2025: New director appointed: YAMADA, Satoshi. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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.
- 1 Apr 2025: Director resigned: YOSHIKAWA, Tetsuaki. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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 Apr 2024: New director appointed: GARVEY, Rhiannon Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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.
- 1 Apr 2024: New director appointed: KUGO, Yuichiro. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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.
- 1 Apr 2024: New director appointed: ORD, Philip. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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.
- 31 Mar 2024: Director resigned: SCHOFIELD, Kevin. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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.
- 31 May 2023: Director resigned: NAKAO, Kenichi. Director change recorded on 31 May 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 Apr 2022: Director resigned: MAEDA, Uichi. Director change recorded on 1 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 Apr 2021: New director appointed: NAKAO, Kenichi. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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.
- 1 Apr 2021: Director resigned: MATSUO, Tetsunori. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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.
- 1 Apr 2021: New director appointed: KATO, Shoichiro. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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.
- 29 May 2020: New director appointed: YOSHIKAWA, Tetsuaki. Director change recorded on 29 May 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.
- 29 May 2020: Director resigned: IGUCHI, Kazuto. Director change recorded on 29 May 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.
- 30 Jan 2020: New director appointed: IGUCHI, Kazuto. Director change recorded on 30 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.
- 30 Jan 2020: Director resigned: YAMADA, Yoshihito. Director change recorded on 30 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.
- 30 Jan 2020: Director resigned: KATO, Shinichi. Director change recorded on 30 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.
- 1 Apr 2019: New director appointed: YAMADA, Yoshihito. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2019. 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 Apr 2019: New director appointed: KATO, Shinichi. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2019. 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 Apr 2019: Director resigned: TSUYUGUCHI, Kenji. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2019. 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.
- 29 Jun 2018: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 29 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.
- 21 Jun 2018: New director appointed: MAEDA, Uichi. Director change recorded on 21 Jun 2018. 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.

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

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## Common questions about Futaba Manufacturing UK Ltd

### Is Futaba Manufacturing UK Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor?

Yes. Futaba Manufacturing UK Ltd in Burnley is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship.

### What visa routes can Futaba Manufacturing UK Ltd sponsor?

Futaba Manufacturing UK Ltd 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 Futaba Manufacturing UK Ltd based?

The register lists Futaba Manufacturing UK Ltd at Burnley. 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. 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/futaba-manufacturing-uk-ltd-burnley-774070
- This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/futaba-manufacturing-uk-ltd-burnley-774070.md
- Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt
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