--- title: "Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hitachi-construction-machinery-uk-limited-hebburn-768367 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 --- # Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited (Companies House 01082975, Hebburn) 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 21 April 2015 (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: 21 April 2015 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Hebburn - Registered address: Monkton Business Park North, Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, NE31 2JZ - Companies House number: 01082975 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01082975) - Website: https://www.hitachicm.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hitachi-construction-machinery-uk/ - 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/hitachi-construction-machinery-uk-limited-hebburn-768367 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 13 licensed sponsors in Hebburn: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hebburn - 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 31 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 10 Mar 2026: Notification of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 10 Mar 2026. 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. - 10 Mar 2026: Cessation of Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) N.V. as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 Mar 2026. 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. - 15 Oct 2025: Director resigned: SATOH, Atsushi. 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. - 1 Apr 2024: Director resigned: IKEDA, Takaharu. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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 Apr 2024: Director resigned: AZUMA, Katsuya. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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 Apr 2024: New director appointed: UCHIDA, Toshitaka. 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: QUARANTA, Francesco. 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. - 18 Apr 2023: New director appointed: SHIELD, Andrew. Director change recorded on 18 Apr 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 Apr 2022: New director appointed: AZUMA, Katsuya. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2022: Director resigned: AOYAMA, Koji. 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: IKEDA, Takaharu. 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: YAMAZAWA, Makoto. 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. - 23 Apr 2020: New director appointed: SATOH, Atsushi. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 28 Oct 2019: Director resigned: SUE, Motomu. Director change recorded on 28 Oct 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. - 1 Apr 2018: New director appointed: ROBERTS, David Pierce. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2018: Director resigned: JONES, John. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2018. 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. - 28 Mar 2018: Director resigned: BAKER, Andrew. Director change recorded on 28 Mar 2018. 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. - 12 Oct 2017: New director appointed: AOYAMA, Koji. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 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. - 12 Oct 2017: Director resigned: YOSHIDA, Hiroyuki. Director change recorded on 12 Oct 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. - 31 Jan 2017: Director resigned: HEARNE, David Andrew. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 30 Jun 2016: New director appointed: YAMAZAWA, Makoto. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 30 Jun 2016: Director resigned: KADOYA, Moriaki. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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 Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) N.V. 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. - 4 Mar 2016: Director resigned: URATA, Shunichi. Director change recorded on 4 Mar 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. - 4 Mar 2016: Director resigned: HIROSE, Chikara. Director change recorded on 4 Mar 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 earlier changes 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 Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited ### Is Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited in Hebburn is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited sponsor? Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited 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 Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited based? The register lists Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited at Monkton Business Park North, Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, NE31 2JZ. 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 01082975. 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/hitachi-construction-machinery-uk-limited-hebburn-768367 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hitachi-construction-machinery-uk-limited-hebburn-768367.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.