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UK licensed sponsor · Waterlooville · Manufacturing and engineering
The West Group
The West Group, Waterlooville, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as The West Group Limited (01273971), active, incorporated in 1976 (50 years ago), registered for machining.
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Companies House
Who The West Group actually is
- Company number
- 01273971
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 August 1976 · 50 years old
- What they do
25620Machining32990Other manufacturing n.e.c.46900Non-specialised wholesale trade71129Other engineering activities
- Previously
- Miniature Pneumatics Limited (until 1993)
- Registered office
- 29 Aston Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7XJ
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.
The register
The register lists The West Group in Waterlooville as a licensed sponsor on Skilled Worker, an entry that goes back to at least 2026. Its rating on the register is Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as The West Group Limited, number 01273971, incorporated 1976: 50 years of filings behind the name. Registered office: 29 Aston Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7XJ, PO7 7XJ. By its SIC codes the business is in manufacturing and engineering. It has traded under other names before, including Miniature Pneumatics Limited.
What the licence tells a candidate is that the door is not locked. Whether it is open this month is a question for The West Group's own careers page and the job boards, and the answer changes with the season and the order book.
Read the register
A gate, not a guarantee
The register tells you the gate is there. It says nothing about vacancies. For that, The West Group's own careers page and the job boards are the source, and they change with the season.
How to approach them
Or come through us
If The West Group is the kind of employer you want, register with us. We supply trade tested candidates to UK sponsors and the introduction arrives with the test result.
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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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