--- title: "Wartsila Defence Solutions Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wartsila-defence-solutions-ltd-havant-744495 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 --- # Wartsila Defence Solutions Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Wartsila Defence Solutions Ltd (Companies House 12507713, Havant) 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 15 February 2021 (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: 15 February 2021 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Havant - Registered address: 4 Marples Way, Havant, England, PO9 1NX - Companies House number: 12507713 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12507713) - 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/wartsila-defence-solutions-ltd-havant-744495 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 52 licensed sponsors in Havant: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/havant - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 20 Apr 2026: Director resigned: SCOTT, Fraser. Director change recorded on 20 Apr 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 Sep 2024: Secretary resigned: NAGY, Georgina. Company secretary change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Sep 2024: New secretary appointed: GARDINER, Benjamin Steffan Don. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Sep 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. - 14 May 2024: Director resigned: DE GRUYTER, Tamara. Director change recorded on 14 May 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. - 3 Apr 2024: New secretary appointed: NAGY, Georgina. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Apr 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. - 26 Mar 2024: Secretary resigned: HENSHAW, John Richard. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Mar 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. - 12 Dec 2023: New director appointed: SCOTT, Fraser. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 12 Dec 2023: Director resigned: HENSHAW, John Richard. Director change recorded on 12 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. - 16 Oct 2023: New secretary appointed: HENSHAW, John Richard. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Oct 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. - 16 Oct 2023: Secretary resigned: MARTIN, Tracy Margaret. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Oct 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. - 10 Nov 2022: Director resigned: ROWLANDS, Christopher David. Director change recorded on 10 Nov 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. - 10 Nov 2022: New director appointed: JONES, Robin Edward. Director change recorded on 10 Nov 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. 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 Wartsila Defence Solutions Ltd ### Is Wartsila Defence Solutions Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Wartsila Defence Solutions Ltd in Havant is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Wartsila Defence Solutions Ltd sponsor? Wartsila Defence Solutions Ltd 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 Wartsila Defence Solutions Ltd based? The register lists Wartsila Defence Solutions Ltd at 4 Marples Way, Havant, England, PO9 1NX. 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 12507713. 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/wartsila-defence-solutions-ltd-havant-744495 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wartsila-defence-solutions-ltd-havant-744495.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.