--- title: "Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of Europe Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sumitomo-shi-cryogenics-of-europe-ltd-basingstoke-777035 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 --- # Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of Europe Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of Europe Ltd (Companies House 01695258, Basingstoke) 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 9 April 2017 (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: 9 April 2017 - Legal name: SUMITOMO (SHI) CRYOGENICS OF EUROPE LIMITED - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: Basingstoke - Registered address: 3 Hamilton Close, Houndmills Industrial Estate, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6YT - Companies House number: 01695258 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01695258) - 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/sumitomo-shi-cryogenics-of-europe-ltd-basingstoke-777035 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 199 licensed sponsors in Basingstoke: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/basingstoke - 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 8 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Jan 2024: New director appointed: WATANABE, Takaaki. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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 Jan 2024: New director appointed: YOKOYA, Izuru. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 31 Dec 2023: Director resigned: MARUYAMA, Minoru. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 31 Dec 2023: Director resigned: ZENS, Walter. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 2020: Secretary resigned: HEDLEY, Susan Averill. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Apr 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 Apr 2020: New secretary appointed: DUNKEL, Elizabeth. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 1 Apr 2019: New director appointed: MARUYAMA, Minoru. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2019. 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 2019: Director resigned: OKAMOTO, Chie. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 2019. 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 Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of Europe Ltd ### Is Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of Europe Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of Europe Ltd in Basingstoke is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of Europe Ltd sponsor? Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of Europe Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of Europe Ltd based? The register lists Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of Europe Ltd at 3 Hamilton Close, Houndmills Industrial Estate, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6YT. 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 01695258. 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/sumitomo-shi-cryogenics-of-europe-ltd-basingstoke-777035 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sumitomo-shi-cryogenics-of-europe-ltd-basingstoke-777035.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.