--- title: "Wartsila Water Systems Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wartsila-water-systems-limited-poole-728086 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 Water Systems Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Wartsila Water Systems Limited (Companies House 00713227, Poole) 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 6 September 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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 6 September 2021 - Legal name: HAMWORTHY INTERNATIONAL LTD - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: POOLE - Registered address: Merchants House, Vanguard Road, Poole, Dorset, England, BH15 1PH - Companies House number: 00713227 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00713227) - Website: https://www.wartsila.com - LinkedIn: https://fi.linkedin.com/company/wartsila - 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-water-systems-limited-poole-728086 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 184 licensed sponsors in Poole: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/poole - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 16 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 2 Sep 2026: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 1 Jun 2026: Notification of Hamworthy International Holding Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Jun 2026. 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. - 1 Jun 2026: Cessation of Wartsila Corporation as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 1 Jun 2026: Director resigned: BERTRAM, Bernd. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 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. - 19 May 2026: Secretary resigned: DING, Christina. Company secretary change recorded on 19 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. - 19 May 2026: New director appointed: SPOONER, David John. Director change recorded on 19 May 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. - 12 May 2026: Company name changed, now trading as "HAMWORTHY INTERNATIONAL LTD". Company name change recorded on 12 May 2026, alongside a new majority owner or controller. 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. - 1 Apr 2025: New director appointed: BERTRAM, Bernd. 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. - 1 Apr 2025: Director resigned: DE GRUIJTER, Tamara. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 14 Mar 2025: Director resigned: STEPHENSON, Catherine Nancy May. Director change recorded on 14 Mar 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. - 6 Oct 2023: New secretary appointed: DING, Christina. Company secretary change recorded on 6 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. - 6 Oct 2023: Secretary resigned: ALDEN, Gill. Company secretary change recorded on 6 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. - 1 Sep 2022: New director appointed: STEPHENSON, Catherine Nancy May. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 31 Aug 2022: Director resigned: LEHTINEN, Arto. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 1 Jul 2022: New secretary appointed: ALDEN, Gill. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 4 Dec 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Dec 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. 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 Water Systems Limited ### Is Wartsila Water Systems Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Wartsila Water Systems Limited in POOLE 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 Water Systems Limited sponsor? Wartsila Water Systems Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Wartsila Water Systems Limited based? The register lists Wartsila Water Systems Limited at Merchants House, Vanguard Road, Poole, Dorset, England, BH15 1PH. 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 00713227. 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-water-systems-limited-poole-728086 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wartsila-water-systems-limited-poole-728086.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.