--- title: "thyssenkrupp System Engineering Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/thyssenkrupp-system-engineering-ltd-east-grinstead-714471 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 --- # thyssenkrupp System Engineering Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, thyssenkrupp System Engineering Ltd (Companies House 01294792, East Grinstead) 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 20 December 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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 20 December 2017 - Legal name: KRAUSE AUTOMATION LTD - Industry: Professional Services - Town: East Grinstead - Registered address: Unit 5 The Felbridge Centre, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1XP - Companies House number: 01294792 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01294792) - 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/thyssenkrupp-system-engineering-ltd-east-grinstead-714471 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 44 licensed sponsors in East Grinstead: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/east-grinstead - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 25 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 7 Apr 2026: Company name changed, now trading as "KRAUSE AUTOMATION LTD". Company name change recorded on 7 Apr 2026. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Mar 2026: New person with significant control: Dr Zhaopeng Chen. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2026: Cessation of Thyssenkrupp Uk Plc as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 23 Mar 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 23 Mar 2026. 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 Feb 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 9 Feb 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. - 6 Feb 2026: Director resigned: GRABOWSKI, Alexander. Director change recorded on 6 Feb 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. - 6 Feb 2026: New director appointed: MUELLER, Alexander Ulrich. Director change recorded on 6 Feb 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. - 1 Aug 2025: Secretary resigned: PHILLIPS, David Michael. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2025: New secretary appointed: BECKER, Viktoria. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Apr 2025: New director appointed: NIEBERDING, Rolf-Guenther, Dr.. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 9 Sep 2024: Director resigned: MENNEKING, Michael. Director change recorded on 9 Sep 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. - 11 Apr 2023: Director resigned: HARTMANN, Matthias, Dr.. Director change recorded on 11 Apr 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. - 13 Mar 2023: New director appointed: GRABOWSKI, Alexander. Director change recorded on 13 Mar 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. - 26 Jul 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 26 Jul 2021. 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 Feb 2021: New director appointed: MENNEKING, Michael. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 28 Feb 2021: Director resigned: STEINKRUEGER, Ingo. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 31 Dec 2020: New director appointed: HARTMANN, Matthias, Dr.. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 31 Dec 2020: Director resigned: NUESSLE, Falk. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 May 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 1 May 2020. 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. - 30 Apr 2020: New director appointed: NUESSLE, Falk. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 30 Apr 2020: Director resigned: HIBINGER, Thomas Klaus. Director change recorded on 30 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 Jan 2020: New director appointed: HIBINGER, Thomas Klaus. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Dec 2019: Director resigned: ANDERS, Uta. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 Aug 2019: New director appointed: UNDERWOOD, Kenneth Robert. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 31 Jul 2019: Director resigned: HARPER, Garry. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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 thyssenkrupp System Engineering Ltd ### Is thyssenkrupp System Engineering Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. thyssenkrupp System Engineering Ltd in East Grinstead 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 thyssenkrupp System Engineering Ltd sponsor? thyssenkrupp System Engineering Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is thyssenkrupp System Engineering Ltd based? The register lists thyssenkrupp System Engineering Ltd at Unit 5 The Felbridge Centre, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1XP. 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 01294792. 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/thyssenkrupp-system-engineering-ltd-east-grinstead-714471 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/thyssenkrupp-system-engineering-ltd-east-grinstead-714471.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.