--- title: "Satake Europe Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/satake-europe-ltd-stockport-745409 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 --- # Satake Europe Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Satake Europe Ltd (Companies House 01797595, Stockport) 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: SATAKE EUROPE LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Stockport - Registered address: Satake Europe Ltd. Horsfield Way, Bredbury Park Industrial Estate, Bredbury, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 2SU - Companies House number: 01797595 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01797595) - Website: https://www.satake-europe.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/satake-europe-ltd-stockport-745409 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 294 licensed sponsors in Stockport: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/stockport - 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 20 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Aug 2025: Notification of Satake Usa Inc. as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Aug 2025. 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. - 17 Jul 2025: Secretary resigned: KAWATE, Kaoru. Company secretary change recorded on 17 Jul 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. - 17 Jul 2025: Director resigned: YOSHIMASA, Motoharu. Director change recorded on 17 Jul 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. - 17 Jul 2025: New director appointed: TAKAYAMA, Atsushi. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Jul 2025: New director appointed: MORIYAMA, Noriyuki. Director change recorded on 17 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. - 17 Mar 2021: New director appointed: KAWATE, Kaoru. Director change recorded on 17 Mar 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 Jan 2021: Cessation of Mrs Toshiko Satake as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 2021. 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 Jan 2021: New secretary appointed: KAWATE, Kaoru. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jan 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 Jan 2021: Secretary resigned: KUNIMITSU, Yoshihiro. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 16 Jan 2020: New director appointed: YOSHIMASA, Motoharu. Director change recorded on 16 Jan 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. - 16 Jan 2020: Director resigned: HARADA, Hajime. Director change recorded on 16 Jan 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. - 24 May 2017: Director resigned: FUKUMORI, Takeshi, Dr. Director change recorded on 24 May 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 May 2017: Director resigned: SATAKE, Toshiko. Director change recorded on 24 May 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 May 2017: New director appointed: KIHARA, Kazuyuki. Director change recorded on 24 May 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Mrs Toshiko Satake 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. - 24 Aug 2015: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 24 Aug 2015. 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. - 16 Jul 2015: New director appointed: KUNIMITSU, Yoshihiro. Director change recorded on 16 Jul 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. - 16 Jul 2015: Director resigned: NAOKI, Junjiro. Director change recorded on 16 Jul 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. - 25 Sep 2014: New secretary appointed: KUNIMITSU, Yoshihiro. Company secretary change recorded on 25 Sep 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. - 28 Aug 2013: Secretary resigned: WALTHALL, Philip William. Company secretary change recorded on 28 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. 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 Satake Europe Ltd ### Is Satake Europe Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Satake Europe Ltd in Stockport 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 Satake Europe Ltd sponsor? Satake Europe Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Satake Europe Ltd based? The register lists Satake Europe Ltd at Satake Europe Ltd. Horsfield Way, Bredbury Park Industrial Estate, Bredbury, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 2SU. 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 01797595. 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/satake-europe-ltd-stockport-745409 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/satake-europe-ltd-stockport-745409.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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