--- title: "WEPA UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wepa-uk-ltd-bridgend-752311 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 --- # WEPA UK Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, WEPA UK Ltd (trading as Hygienepapierlösungen von WEPA; Companies House 08347876; Bridgend) 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 17 August 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: 17 August 2021 - Trading as: Hygienepapierlösungen von WEPA - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Bridgend - Registered address: Bridgend Paper Mill, Llangynwyd, Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan, CF34 9RS - Companies House number: 08347876 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08347876) - Website: https://www.wepa.eu - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/wepahygiene - 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/wepa-uk-ltd-bridgend-752311 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 65 licensed sponsors in Bridgend: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bridgend - 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 11 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 30 Apr 2025: Director resigned: OOSTERHOFF, Menno. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 30 Apr 2025: New director appointed: DIHLMANN, Ralph. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 5 Nov 2024: Cessation of Wepa Hygieneprodukte Gmbh as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 5 Nov 2024. 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 Oct 2023: Director resigned: HUGHES, Loraine. Director change recorded on 26 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. - 26 Oct 2023: New director appointed: O'REILLY, David John. Director change recorded on 26 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. - 1 Jan 2023: Director resigned: MITCHELL, Carl John. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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 Jan 2023: Director resigned: DOCKER, Michael Bruce. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 9 Dec 2022: New director appointed: TRAVE, Jordi Goma-Camps. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 6 Dec 2022: Director resigned: CURTIS, Anthony. Director change recorded on 6 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 Sep 2022: New director appointed: OOSTERHOFF, Menno. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Sep 2022: Director resigned: OTTO, Hendrik, Dr. Director change recorded on 14 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. 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 WEPA UK Ltd ### Is WEPA UK Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. WEPA UK Ltd in Bridgend 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 WEPA UK Ltd sponsor? WEPA UK 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 WEPA UK Ltd based? The register lists WEPA UK Ltd at Bridgend Paper Mill, Llangynwyd, Maesteg, Mid Glamorgan, CF34 9RS. 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 08347876. 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/wepa-uk-ltd-bridgend-752311 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wepa-uk-ltd-bridgend-752311.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.