--- title: "Watson-Marlow Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/watson-marlow-limited-falmouth-692510 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 --- # Watson-Marlow Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Watson-Marlow Limited (Companies House 02481019, Falmouth) 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 27 January 2020 (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: 27 January 2020 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Falmouth - Registered address: Watson-Marlow Ltd Bickland Water Road, Tregoniggie, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 4RU - Companies House number: 02481019 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02481019) - Website: https://www.wmfts.com - 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/watson-marlow-limited-falmouth-692510 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 22 licensed sponsors in Falmouth: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/falmouth - 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 25 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Jan 2026: Director resigned: HOOPER, Brian. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 31 Jan 2026: New director appointed: BLAIR, Steven. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 31 Jan 2026: New director appointed: ETHERINGTON, Darren. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 2 Sep 2024: Director resigned: SILVER, Andrew Gordon. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 2 Sep 2024: Director resigned: MINES, Andrew John. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 2 Sep 2024: New director appointed: SCOTT, Phil. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 31 Jan 2024: New director appointed: HOOPER, Brian. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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 Dec 2023: Director resigned: BUTT, Abdul Mudassar. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 8 Jun 2023: Director resigned: NICHOLSON, Simon. Director change recorded on 8 Jun 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. - 17 Mar 2023: Director resigned: PATEL, Nimesh Balvir. Director change recorded on 17 Mar 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. - 14 Dec 2022: Secretary resigned: POPE, Darren. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Dec 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. - 14 Dec 2022: New secretary appointed: ALVALLE, Julia Rosina. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Dec 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. - 21 Sep 2022: Director resigned: ETHERINGTON, Darren Jason. Director change recorded on 21 Sep 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. - 31 Jul 2022: Director resigned: CAPON, Amanda-Jane. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 8 Mar 2022: New secretary appointed: POPE, Darren. Company secretary change recorded on 8 Mar 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. - 8 Mar 2022: Secretary resigned: ROSSETTI, Mary. Company secretary change recorded on 8 Mar 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 Jan 2022: New director appointed: BUTT, Abdul Mudassar. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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 Dec 2021: Director resigned: WRIGHT, James Henry. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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 secretary appointed: ROSSETTI, Mary. Company secretary 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. - 31 Dec 2020: Director resigned: RAWET, Mark Andrew. 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. - 31 Dec 2020: Secretary resigned: DAVIS, Mark Alan. Company secretary 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. - 20 Nov 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Nov 2020. 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. - 31 Oct 2020: Director resigned: PALLETT, Rachel. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 11 Sep 2020: New director appointed: PATEL, Nimesh Balvir. Director change recorded on 11 Sep 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. - 11 Sep 2020: Director resigned: BOYD, Kevin James. Director change recorded on 11 Sep 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. 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 Watson-Marlow Limited ### Is Watson-Marlow Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Watson-Marlow Limited in Falmouth is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Watson-Marlow Limited sponsor? Watson-Marlow Limited 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 Watson-Marlow Limited based? The register lists Watson-Marlow Limited at Watson-Marlow Ltd Bickland Water Road, Tregoniggie, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 4RU. 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 02481019. 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/watson-marlow-limited-falmouth-692510 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/watson-marlow-limited-falmouth-692510.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.