--- title: "Makita Manufacturing Europe Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/makita-manufacturing-europe-ltd-telford-712431 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 --- # Makita Manufacturing Europe Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Makita Manufacturing Europe Ltd (Companies House 02427964, Telford) 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 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 - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: MAKITA MANUFACTURING EUROPE LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Telford - Registered address: Hortonwood 7, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 7YX - Companies House number: 02427964 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02427964) - Website: http://makitauk.hae.org.uk/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hire-association-europe-hae/ - 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/makita-manufacturing-europe-ltd-telford-712431 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 165 licensed sponsors in Telford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/telford - 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 16 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 27 Mar 2022: New director appointed: INAGAKI, Koichi. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 24 Mar 2022: Director resigned: KURACHI, Shinichi. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 25 Jun 2021: New director appointed: YOSHIDA, Masaki. Director change recorded on 25 Jun 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. - 24 Jun 2021: Director resigned: TORII, Tadayoshi. Director change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 28 Jun 2017: New director appointed: TORII, Tadayoshi. Director change recorded on 28 Jun 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. - 27 Jun 2017: Director resigned: KANEKO, Tetsuhisa. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 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. - 24 Mar 2017: New director appointed: KURACHI, Shinichi. Director change recorded on 24 Mar 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. - 24 Mar 2017: Director resigned: NABETANI, Masanori. Director change recorded on 24 Mar 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Makita Corporation 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. - 26 Jun 2015: New director appointed: KANEKO, Tetsuhisa. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 2015. 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. - 26 Jun 2015: Director resigned: TORII, Tadayoshi. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 2015. 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 2015: New director appointed: EVANS, Ian Robert. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2015. 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 Apr 2014: New secretary appointed: ANNETT, Leslie Richard. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Apr 2014. 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 Mar 2014: Secretary resigned: COPE, Michael Joseph. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Mar 2014. 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 Aug 2013: Director resigned: KOBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi. Director change recorded on 30 Aug 2013. 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 Aug 2013: New director appointed: NABETANI, Masanori. Director change recorded on 12 Aug 2013. 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 Makita Manufacturing Europe Ltd ### Is Makita Manufacturing Europe Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Makita Manufacturing Europe Ltd in Telford 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 Makita Manufacturing Europe Ltd sponsor? Makita Manufacturing Europe Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Makita Manufacturing Europe Ltd based? The register lists Makita Manufacturing Europe Ltd at Hortonwood 7, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 7YX. 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 02427964. 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/makita-manufacturing-europe-ltd-telford-712431 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/makita-manufacturing-europe-ltd-telford-712431.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.