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UK licensed sponsor · Cheltenham · Manufacturing and engineering
GE Aviation Systems Limited
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Skilled Worker, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as GE Aviation Systems Limited (00745917), active, incorporated in 1963 (63 years ago), registered for manufacture of electronic components.
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Companies House
Who GE Aviation Systems Limited actually is
- Company number
- 00745917
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 January 1963 · 63 years old
- What they do
26110Manufacture of electronic components84110General public administration activities84220Defence activities96090Other service activities n.e.c.
- Previously
- Smiths Aerospace Limited (until 2007)
Smiths Industries Aerospace & Defence Systems Limited (until 2001)
Specto Avionics Limited (until 1983) - Registered office
- Cheltenham Road, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 8SF
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 10 September 2026.
What a licence means
The slow part is done
Getting a licence takes an application, checks and a fee, and most employers never bother. GE Aviation Systems Limited has, which means when a role qualifies the certificate can be assigned without months of preparation.
How to approach them
Make the certificate easy
The employer assigns the certificate; you supply what it needs. Certificates, references, your English level and a clear licence position, all ready, is what makes GE Aviation Systems Limited say yes to the sponsored candidate over the unsponsored one.
The register
GE Aviation Systems Limited is licensed to sponsor on Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee and Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker. Its entry on the register dates back to at least 2026, and the organisation is based in Cheltenham. Rating on the current register: Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is GE Aviation Systems Limited (company number 00745917), a private limited company incorporated in 1963, 63 years ago. Registered office: Cheltenham Road, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 8SF, GL52 8SF. By its SIC codes the business is in manufacturing and engineering. It has traded under other names before, including Smiths Aerospace Limited, Smiths Industries Aerospace & Defence Systems Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For GE Aviation Systems Limited the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.
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For candidates
What you need to work here
- A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
- A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
- A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.
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For employers
Using your sponsor licence again soon?
Next time you are recruiting, talk to us first. We supply trade tested drivers, mechanics, welders and fitters, can organise a trip to see candidates tested at our centres, and handle the Certificate of Sponsorship paperwork with you.
- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Trade tested before you see them, not after.
- Nothing is ever charged to the candidate.
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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.
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