--- title: "Svitzer Marine Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/svitzer-marine-limited-middlesbrough-763156 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 --- # Svitzer Marine Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Svitzer Marine Limited (Companies House 00069494, Middlesbrough) 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 3 May 2014 (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; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 3 May 2014 - Industry: Travel, Transport & Mobility - Town: Middlesbrough - Registered address: Tees Wharf, Dockside Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 6AB - Companies House number: 00069494 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00069494) - Website: https://svitzer.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/svitzer - 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/svitzer-marine-limited-middlesbrough-763156 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 177 licensed sponsors in Middlesbrough: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/middlesbrough - 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 32 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 12 Jun 2026: New director appointed: JEENINGA, Fred. Director change recorded on 12 Jun 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. - 26 May 2026: Director resigned: PATERSON, Michael Paul. Director change recorded on 26 May 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. - 23 Mar 2026: New director appointed: VAN DIJK, Arie. Director change recorded on 23 Mar 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: DEMANT, Lise. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 26 Nov 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 26 Nov 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. - 16 May 2025: Notification of Apmh Invest A/S as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 16 May 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. - 16 May 2025: Cessation of Svitzer Group A/S as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 May 2025. 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. - 26 Apr 2024: Notification of Svitzer Group A/S as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 26 Apr 2024. 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 Apr 2024: Cessation of A P Moller Maersk A/S as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 26 Apr 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. - 28 Mar 2024: Share capital filing. Share filing recorded on 28 Mar 2024, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 21 Feb 2024: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 21 Feb 2024, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 5 Jul 2023: New director appointed: BAKER, Scott Robert. Director change recorded on 5 Jul 2023. 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. - 3 Jan 2023: New director appointed: PATERSON, Michael Paul. Director change recorded on 3 Jan 2023. 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. - 5 Dec 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 5 Dec 2022. 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. - 7 Jun 2022: Director resigned: MCKEATING, Maurice John. Director change recorded on 7 Jun 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. - 7 Jun 2022: New director appointed: NOAKES, David Anthony. Director change recorded on 7 Jun 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. - 7 Jun 2022: New secretary appointed: NOAKES, David. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Jun 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. - 18 Jun 2021: Secretary resigned: NOAKES, David Anthony. Company secretary change recorded on 18 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. - 16 Nov 2020: Notification of A P Moller Maersk A/S as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 16 Nov 2020. 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. - 16 Nov 2020: Cessation of Svitzer Holding Uk Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Nov 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. - 1 Sep 2020: New director appointed: DEMANT, Lise. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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 Sep 2020: Director resigned: NILAUS, Kasper Friis. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 4 Jun 2019: New director appointed: MCKEATING, Maurice John. Director change recorded on 4 Jun 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. - 29 Mar 2019: Director resigned: BROWN, Anthony Howard. Director change recorded on 29 Mar 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. - 1 Mar 2018: Director resigned: HILVERDINK, Ieva. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 2018. 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. - + 7 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 Svitzer Marine Limited ### Is Svitzer Marine Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Svitzer Marine Limited in Middlesbrough is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Svitzer Marine Limited sponsor? Svitzer Marine Limited 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 Svitzer Marine Limited based? The register lists Svitzer Marine Limited at Tees Wharf, Dockside Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 6AB. 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 00069494. 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/svitzer-marine-limited-middlesbrough-763156 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/svitzer-marine-limited-middlesbrough-763156.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.