--- title: "Hexcel Composites Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hexcel-composites-ltd-duxford-790067 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 --- # Hexcel Composites Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hexcel Composites Ltd (Companies House 03069887, Duxford) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (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; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: HEXCEL COMPOSITES LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Duxford - Registered address: Ickleton Road, Duxford, Cambridge, CB22 4QB - Companies House number: 03069887 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03069887) - 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/hexcel-composites-ltd-duxford-790067 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 13 licensed sponsors in Duxford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/duxford - 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 26 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 30 Nov 2025: Director resigned: WINTERLICH, Patrick Joseph. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 20 Oct 2025: New director appointed: BRAYLE, Lilian Regis. Director change recorded on 20 Oct 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. - 15 Oct 2025: Director resigned: MERLOT, Thierry Philippe. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 3 Jun 2025: Director resigned: BRACKIN, Timothy John, Mr.. Director change recorded on 3 Jun 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. - 16 May 2025: New director appointed: COMERY, James Antony. Director change recorded on 16 May 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. - 29 Nov 2024: Notification of Hexcel Overseas as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 29 Nov 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. - 29 Nov 2024: Cessation of Hexcel Research Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 Nov 2024. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Nov 2024: New secretary appointed: SHUMEJDA, Lauren. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Nov 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 Oct 2024: Secretary resigned: POTTER, Terra. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Oct 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. - 23 May 2024: New director appointed: HOWARD, Neil Peter. Director change recorded on 23 May 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. - 21 May 2024: Director resigned: MACKENZIE, Paul Dominic. Director change recorded on 21 May 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. - 16 Sep 2020: Notification of Hexcel Research Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 16 Sep 2020. 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. - 16 Sep 2020: Cessation of Hexcel Europe Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Sep 2020. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 29 Apr 2020: New secretary appointed: POTTER, Terra. Company secretary change recorded on 29 Apr 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 Apr 2020: Secretary resigned: WEIN, Steven. Company secretary change recorded on 29 Apr 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. - 8 May 2019: New secretary appointed: WEIN, Steven. Company secretary change recorded on 8 May 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. - 18 Apr 2019: Secretary resigned: BLAYDON, Ian. Company secretary change recorded on 18 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. - 11 Sep 2017: Director resigned: PENSKY, Wayne Charles. Director change recorded on 11 Sep 2017. 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. - 18 Jan 2017: New director appointed: LEHMAN, Gail Eileen. Director change recorded on 18 Jan 2017. 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. - 3 Jan 2017: Director resigned: KRAKOWER, Ira Jay. Director change recorded on 3 Jan 2017. 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. - 4 Oct 2016: New secretary appointed: BLAYDON, Ian. Company secretary change recorded on 4 Oct 2016. 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. - 25 Jul 2016: New director appointed: BRACKIN, Timothy John, Mr.. Director change recorded on 25 Jul 2016. 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 Jul 2016: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 18 Jul 2016. 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. - 7 Apr 2016: Secretary resigned: YOUNG, Peter Thomas Anthony. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Hexcel Europe Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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 earlier change on the web page 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 Hexcel Composites Ltd ### Is Hexcel Composites Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hexcel Composites Ltd in Duxford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Hexcel Composites Ltd sponsor? Hexcel Composites Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Hexcel Composites Ltd based? The register lists Hexcel Composites Ltd at Ickleton Road, Duxford, Cambridge, CB22 4QB. 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 03069887. 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/hexcel-composites-ltd-duxford-790067 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hexcel-composites-ltd-duxford-790067.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.