--- title: "SouthWestSensor Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/southwestsensor-ltd-southampton-737961 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 --- # SouthWestSensor Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, SouthWestSensor Ltd (Companies House 09736075, Southampton) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 12 February 2024 (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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 12 February 2024 - Legal name: SOUTHWESTSENSOR LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Southampton - Registered address: 2 Venture Road, Chilworth, Southampton, United Kingdom, SO16 7NP - Companies House number: 09736075 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09736075) - Website: https://www.southwestsensor.co.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/southwestsensor-ltd-southampton-737961 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 573 licensed sponsors in Southampton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/southampton - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 6 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 10 Oct 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 10 Oct 2025. 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. - 9 Oct 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Oct 2025. 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. - 22 Jul 2024: Cessation of Dr. Xize Niu as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 22 Jul 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. - 19 Jun 2024: Director resigned: NIU, Xize, Dr.. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 19 Jun 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 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. - 18 Jun 2024: Cessation of Skion Water International Gmbh as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Jun 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. 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 SouthWestSensor Ltd ### Is SouthWestSensor Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. SouthWestSensor Ltd in Southampton is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can SouthWestSensor Ltd sponsor? SouthWestSensor Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is SouthWestSensor Ltd based? The register lists SouthWestSensor Ltd at 2 Venture Road, Chilworth, Southampton, United Kingdom, SO16 7NP. 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 09736075. 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/southwestsensor-ltd-southampton-737961 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/southwestsensor-ltd-southampton-737961.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.