--- title: "Hitachi Rail Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hitachi-rail-limited-ashford-699085 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 Rail Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hitachi Rail Limited (Companies House 05598549, Ashford) 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 17 July 2019 (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: 17 July 2019 - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: Ashford - Registered address: 7th Floor, One New Ludgate, 60 Ludgate Hill, London, England, EC4M 7AW - Companies House number: 05598549 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05598549) - Website: https://www.hitachirail.com/our-company/locations/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hitachirail/ - 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-rail-limited-ashford-699085 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 182 licensed sponsors in Ashford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/ashford - One of 6,274 in Travel, Transport & Mobility: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/travel-transport-mobility - 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 30 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 28 Jul 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 28 Jul 2026. 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. - 23 Jan 2026: New director appointed: SAMANT, Shashank Shankar. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 8 Jul 2025: New director appointed: YOSHIHARA, Hiroaki. Director change recorded on 8 Jul 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. - 12 Mar 2025: Director resigned: KANDIAH, Gajakarnan. Director change recorded on 12 Mar 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. - 12 Mar 2025: Director resigned: DORMER, Alistair John. Director change recorded on 12 Mar 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. - 7 Jun 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Jun 2024. 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 May 2024: New director appointed: KANDIAH, Gajakarnan. Director change recorded on 21 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: New director appointed: DORMER, Alistair John. Director change recorded on 21 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: Secretary resigned: DEANS, Charlotte Rodd. Company secretary 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. - 21 May 2024: Director resigned: BREWIN, James Alan. 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. - 21 May 2024: New director appointed: HIRAO, Akihide. Director change recorded on 21 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: New director appointed: VALVERDE DELGADO, Manuel Jesus, Mr.. Director change recorded on 21 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: New director appointed: PO, Woei Chiann Alice, Ms.. Director change recorded on 21 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: New director appointed: DELLAGIOVANNA, Lorena. Director change recorded on 21 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: New director appointed: IWASAKI, Mitsuo, Mr.. Director change recorded on 21 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: New director appointed: MASAI, Kentaro, Mr.. Director change recorded on 21 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: New director appointed: ANDI, Christian, Mr.. Director change recorded on 21 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: New secretary appointed: MCGURK, Stephen. Company secretary change recorded on 21 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. - 1 Apr 2023: Director resigned: BARR, Andrew Thomas. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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 2023: New director appointed: MARINO, Giuseppe. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 10 Mar 2022: New secretary appointed: DEANS, Charlotte Rodd. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Mar 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 Mar 2022: Secretary resigned: WATSON, Nicola Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 7 Nov 2020: New secretary appointed: WATSON, Nicola Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Nov 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. - 7 Nov 2020: Secretary resigned: MEE, Jane Aine. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Nov 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 Feb 2020: Director resigned: ARAKI, Yoshio. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - + 5 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 Rail Limited ### Is Hitachi Rail Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hitachi Rail Limited in Ashford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Hitachi Rail Limited sponsor? Hitachi Rail Limited 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 Hitachi Rail Limited based? The register lists Hitachi Rail Limited at 7th Floor, One New Ludgate, 60 Ludgate Hill, London, England, EC4M 7AW. 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 05598549. 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-rail-limited-ashford-699085 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hitachi-rail-limited-ashford-699085.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.