--- title: "VWS Westgarth Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/vws-westgarth-ltd-east-kilbride-762030 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 --- # VWS Westgarth Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, VWS Westgarth Ltd (Companies House SC147604, East Kilbride) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: VWS WESTGARTH LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: East Kilbride - Registered address: Orbital House, 3 Redwood Crescent, Peel Park East Kilbride, Glasgow, G74 5PR - Companies House number: SC147604 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC147604) - 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/vws-westgarth-ltd-east-kilbride-762030 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 33 licensed sponsors in East Kilbride: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/east-kilbride - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - 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 15 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: SHELDRAKE, David Raymond. 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. - 5 Dec 2025: New director appointed: MCIVOR, Derek Thomas. Director change recorded on 5 Dec 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. - 13 Jan 2025: Director resigned: BAUJAT, Vincent Henri, Mr.. Director change recorded on 13 Jan 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. - 13 Jan 2025: New director appointed: NIE, Zhuoqun. Director change recorded on 13 Jan 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. - 24 Jun 2024: Secretary resigned: LAROCHE, Christophe, Mr.. Company secretary change recorded on 24 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. - 24 Jun 2024: New secretary appointed: HALL, Kenneth Mcallister. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Jun 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. - 15 Jul 2021: New secretary appointed: LAROCHE, Christophe, Mr.. Company secretary change recorded on 15 Jul 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. - 15 Jul 2021: Secretary resigned: BEZEMER, Rudolphus. Company secretary change recorded on 15 Jul 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. - 1 Jan 2021: New director appointed: BAUJAT, Vincent Henri, Mr.. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2021: Director resigned: CAILLAUD, Vincent Pierre. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 28 Feb 2018: New secretary appointed: BEZEMER, Rudolphus. Company secretary change recorded on 28 Feb 2018. 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 2018: Secretary resigned: CHRISTIE, Kevin Charles. Company secretary change recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Otv Birwelco Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 18 Mar 2016: New director appointed: CAILLAUD, Vincent Pierre. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 2016. 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 Mar 2016: Director resigned: FROMENT, Thierry. Director change recorded on 18 Mar 2016. 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 VWS Westgarth Ltd ### Is VWS Westgarth Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. VWS Westgarth Ltd in East Kilbride is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can VWS Westgarth Ltd sponsor? VWS Westgarth Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is VWS Westgarth Ltd based? The register lists VWS Westgarth Ltd at Orbital House, 3 Redwood Crescent, Peel Park East Kilbride, Glasgow, G74 5PR. 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 SC147604. 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/vws-westgarth-ltd-east-kilbride-762030 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/vws-westgarth-ltd-east-kilbride-762030.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.