--- title: "Hirtenberger Defence International Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hirtenberger-defence-international-ltd-hampshire-699051 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 --- # Hirtenberger Defence International Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hirtenberger Defence International Ltd (Companies House 10079132, Hampshire) 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 28 June 2017 (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: 28 June 2017 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Hampshire - Registered address: 16 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2B 5AH - Companies House number: 10079132 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10079132) - Website: https://hds.hirtenberger.com - 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/hirtenberger-defence-international-ltd-hampshire-699051 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 109 licensed sponsors in Hampshire: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hampshire - 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 10 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 5 Mar 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 5 Mar 2025. 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. - 4 Jun 2024: New director appointed: HODI, Sandor Andras, Dr. Director change recorded on 4 Jun 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. - 13 May 2024: Director resigned: SCHÜSCHLETZ, Sándor, Dr. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 31 Aug 2023: New director appointed: SCHÜSCHLETZ, Sándor, Dr. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 24 Aug 2023: Director resigned: STEIN, Eva. Director change recorded on 24 Aug 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. - 31 Jul 2020: New director appointed: STEIN, Eva. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 31 Jul 2020: Director resigned: BARTH, Carsten. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 15 Nov 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Nov 2019. 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. - 1 Jan 2019: New director appointed: BARTH, Carsten. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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 Jan 2019: Director resigned: MUELLER, Alexander. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. 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 Hirtenberger Defence International Ltd ### Is Hirtenberger Defence International Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hirtenberger Defence International Ltd in Hampshire 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 Hirtenberger Defence International Ltd sponsor? Hirtenberger Defence International Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Hirtenberger Defence International Ltd based? The register lists Hirtenberger Defence International Ltd at 16 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2B 5AH. 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 10079132. 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/hirtenberger-defence-international-ltd-hampshire-699051 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hirtenberger-defence-international-ltd-hampshire-699051.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.