--- title: "United Technologists Europe Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/united-technologists-europe-limited-hadleigh-719773 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 --- # United Technologists Europe Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, United Technologists Europe Limited (trading as UTEL; Companies House 02881554; Hadleigh) 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 16 July 2019 (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: 16 July 2019 - Trading as: UTEL - Industry: Technology & Software - Town: Hadleigh - Registered address: Utel Laboratories, Wolves Farm Lane, Off Ipswich Road Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 6BH - Companies House number: 02881554 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02881554) - Website: https://www.utel.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/united-technologists-europe-limited-hadleigh-719773 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 15,391 in Technology & Software: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/technology-software - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 13 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 14 Jul 2025: Cessation of Mr Paul Alexander Grafton as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 Jul 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. - 14 Jul 2025: Director resigned: GRAFTON, Paul Alexander. Director change recorded on 14 Jul 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. - 29 Apr 2021: Director resigned: RUTHERFORD, Mark. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 17 Feb 2021: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 17 Feb 2021. 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. - 23 Oct 2020: Director resigned: SWANN, Ian Albert Edward. Director change recorded on 23 Oct 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. - 30 Jun 2020: Director resigned: YU, Jiliang. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 5 Jun 2020: New person with significant control: Ms Bonita Ann Bulaitis. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 Jun 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. - 5 Jun 2020: New director appointed: SHARPE, Christopher John Norris. Director change recorded on 5 Jun 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. - 27 May 2020: Director resigned: KAUFHOLD, Frank Gerwin. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 27 Mar 2020: New person with significant control: Mr Paul Alexander Grafton. Change to people with significant control recorded on 27 Mar 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. - 26 Mar 2020: Cessation of Mr Frank Gerwin Kaufhold as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 26 Mar 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. - 26 Mar 2020: Secretary resigned: KAUFHOLD, Frank Gerwin. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Mar 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. - 26 Mar 2020: New secretary appointed: SHARPE, Christopher. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Mar 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. 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 United Technologists Europe Limited ### Is United Technologists Europe Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. United Technologists Europe Limited in Hadleigh is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can United Technologists Europe Limited sponsor? United Technologists Europe Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is United Technologists Europe Limited based? The register lists United Technologists Europe Limited at Utel Laboratories, Wolves Farm Lane, Off Ipswich Road Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 6BH. 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 02881554. 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/united-technologists-europe-limited-hadleigh-719773 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/united-technologists-europe-limited-hadleigh-719773.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.