--- title: "Windward Shipping (London) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/windward-shipping-london-ltd-london-753243 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 --- # Windward Shipping (London) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Windward Shipping (London) Ltd (Companies House 10670359, London) 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 20 September 2022 (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: 20 September 2022 - Legal name: WINDWARD SHIPPING (LONDON) LIMITED - Industry: Financial Services - Town: London - Registered address: The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 2EW - Companies House number: 10670359 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10670359) - Website: https://www.windward-shipping.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/windward-shipping-london-ltd-london-753243 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 7,429 in Financial Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/financial-services - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 5 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 13 Apr 2026: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 13 Apr 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. - 29 Dec 2025: Director resigned: WALSH, Robert Kennedy. Director change recorded on 29 Dec 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 2025: Company bought back its own shares. Share capital filing recorded on 6 Oct 2025. 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. - 23 Jun 2023: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 23 Jun 2023. 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. - 16 Feb 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 16 Feb 2023. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, 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 Windward Shipping (London) Ltd ### Is Windward Shipping (London) Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Windward Shipping (London) Ltd in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Windward Shipping (London) Ltd sponsor? Windward Shipping (London) Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Windward Shipping (London) Ltd based? The register lists Windward Shipping (London) Ltd at The Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2A 2EW. 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 10670359. 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/windward-shipping-london-ltd-london-753243 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/windward-shipping-london-ltd-london-753243.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.