--- title: "Schaeffler (UK ) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/schaeffler-uk-ltd-sheffield-774915 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 --- # Schaeffler (UK ) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Schaeffler (UK ) Ltd (Sheffield) 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 14 October 2013 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 14 October 2013 - Legal name: SCHAEFFLER (UK) LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Sheffield - Companies House number: 00556493 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00556493) - Website: https://www.schaeffler.co.uk/en/meta/worldwide/locations_worldwide/locations_worldwide_detail/?companyids=4007 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/schaeffler - 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/schaeffler-uk-ltd-sheffield-774915 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 695 licensed sponsors in Sheffield: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/sheffield - 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 53 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 15 Jul 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 15 Jul 2026. 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. - 1 Jul 2026: New director appointed: BRUNT, Samuel David. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 30 Jun 2026: Director resigned: BAUER, Konrad Thomas. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 2026. 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 Apr 2026: Cessation of Mr Jens Willem Schueler as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 28 Apr 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. - 28 Apr 2026: Cessation of Mr Uwe Wagner as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 28 Apr 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. - 28 Apr 2026: Cessation of Mr Andreas Schick as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 28 Apr 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. - 28 Apr 2026: Cessation of Mr Matthias Zink as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 28 Apr 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. - 16 May 2025: Secretary resigned: EVANS, Peter Jonathan Michael. Company secretary change recorded on 16 May 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. - 21 Jan 2025: New director appointed: BAUER, Konrad Thomas. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 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. - 21 Jan 2025: Director resigned: EVANS, Peter Jonathan Michael. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 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. - 30 May 2024: Cessation of Mrs Corinna Schittenhelm as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 May 2024. 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. - 29 May 2024: Cessation of Dr. Stefan Spindler as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 May 2024. 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 2022: New person with significant control: Mr Jens Willem Schueler. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 2022. 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 2022: Cessation of Mr Michael Wolf Walter Soeding as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jan 2022. 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 Jul 2021: Cessation of Dr Klaus Patzak as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 8 Apr 2021: New director appointed: DOLLOWAY, Mark Anthony. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 7 Apr 2021: Director resigned: MORGAN, Nigel Sidney. Director change recorded on 7 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. - 1 Aug 2020: New person with significant control: Dr Klaus Patzak. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Aug 2020. 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. - 31 Jul 2020: Cessation of Mr Dietmar Heinrich as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Jul 2020. 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. - 13 May 2020: New director appointed: EVANS, Peter Jonathan Michael. Director change recorded on 13 May 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. - 13 May 2020: Director resigned: WELTER, Roland Andreas, Dr. Director change recorded on 13 May 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. - 13 May 2020: Director resigned: BAUERREIS, Stefan Peter Hermann. Director change recorded on 13 May 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 Oct 2019: New person with significant control: Mr Uwe Wagner. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Oct 2019. 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 Oct 2019: Cessation of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Gutzmer as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Oct 2019. 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. - 3 Jun 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 3 Jun 2019. 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. - + 28 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 Schaeffler (UK ) Ltd ### Is Schaeffler (UK ) Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Schaeffler (UK ) Ltd in Sheffield is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Schaeffler (UK ) Ltd sponsor? Schaeffler (UK ) Ltd 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 Schaeffler (UK ) Ltd based? The register lists Schaeffler (UK ) Ltd at Sheffield. 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. 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/schaeffler-uk-ltd-sheffield-774915 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/schaeffler-uk-ltd-sheffield-774915.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.