--- title: "WESTEC Holding Company Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/westec-holding-company-ltd-burgess-hill-752499 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 --- # WESTEC Holding Company Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, WESTEC Holding Company Ltd (Companies House 03871242, Burgess Hill) 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 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: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: WESTEC HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Burgess Hill - Registered address: 200 London Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9RD - Companies House number: 03871242 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03871242) - 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/westec-holding-company-ltd-burgess-hill-752499 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 42 licensed sponsors in Burgess Hill: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/burgess-hill - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - 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: - 31 Dec 2023: Director resigned: PRESCOTT, Neil Philip. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 1 Dec 2023: New secretary appointed: WATKINS, Phillip John. Company secretary change recorded on 1 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. - 1 Oct 2020: New director appointed: PRESCOTT, Neil Philip. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 1 Oct 2020: Director resigned: LAMING, Michael Alexander. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 21 Feb 2019: Director resigned: SESSELMANN, Thomas, Dr. Director change recorded on 21 Feb 2019. 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. - 21 Feb 2019: New director appointed: ERMER, Hubert Alfred, Dr. Director change recorded on 21 Feb 2019. 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. - 29 Aug 2017: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 29 Aug 2017. 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. - 5 Nov 2016: Notification of Dr Johannes Heidenhain Gmbh as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 5 Nov 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. - 3 May 2016: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 3 May 2016. 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. - 2 May 2014: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 2 May 2014. 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. - 12 Nov 2013: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 12 Nov 2013. 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 WESTEC Holding Company Ltd ### Is WESTEC Holding Company Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. WESTEC Holding Company Ltd in Burgess Hill 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 WESTEC Holding Company Ltd sponsor? WESTEC Holding Company 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 WESTEC Holding Company Ltd based? The register lists WESTEC Holding Company Ltd at 200 London Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9RD. 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 03871242. 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/westec-holding-company-ltd-burgess-hill-752499 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/westec-holding-company-ltd-burgess-hill-752499.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.