--- title: "Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hamamatsu-photonics-uk-limited-welwyn-garden-city-697104 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 --- # Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited (Companies House 02228744, Welwyn Garden City) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 19 April 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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker - First seen on the register: 19 April 2024 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Welwyn Garden City - Registered address: 2 Howard Court, 10 Tewin Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1BW - Companies House number: 02228744 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02228744) - Website: https://www.hamamatsu.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hamamatsu - 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/hamamatsu-photonics-uk-limited-welwyn-garden-city-697104 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 84 licensed sponsors in Welwyn Garden City: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/welwyn-garden-city - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - 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: - 15 Jan 2026: New director appointed: PALMER, Craige Lloyd Raymond. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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. - 2 Jan 2026: Director resigned: SKOGLUND, Max. Director change recorded on 2 Jan 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. - 15 Dec 2025: New secretary appointed: OXLEY, Gary Alex. Company secretary change recorded on 15 Dec 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 Oct 2025: Secretary resigned: TAYLOR, Paul. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Oct 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 Aug 2024: Notification of Hamamatsu Photonics Kk as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Aug 2024. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 1 Aug 2024: Director resigned: TSUJIMURA, Atsushi. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2024: New director appointed: OHASHI, Keiji. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. 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 Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited ### Is Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited in Welwyn Garden City 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 Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited sponsor? Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited based? The register lists Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited at 2 Howard Court, 10 Tewin Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1BW. 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 02228744. 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/hamamatsu-photonics-uk-limited-welwyn-garden-city-697104 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hamamatsu-photonics-uk-limited-welwyn-garden-city-697104.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.