--- title: "BW Offshore (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bw-offshore-uk-limited-aberdeen-743409 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 --- # BW Offshore (UK) Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, BW Offshore (UK) Limited (Companies House SC382123, Aberdeen) 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 26 June 2017 (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: 26 June 2017 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Aberdeen - Registered address: Horizons House First Floor, 81-83 Waterloo Quay, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, AB11 5DE - Companies House number: SC382123 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC382123) - Website: https://www.bwoffshore.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bw-offshore/ - 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/bw-offshore-uk-limited-aberdeen-743409 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 494 licensed sponsors in Aberdeen: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/aberdeen - 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 19 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 1 Jun 2026: Director resigned: SKJELOY, Asgeir. Director change recorded on 1 Jun 2026. 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. - 23 Apr 2026: Corporate-secretary resigned: THORNTONS LAW LLP. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Apr 2026. 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. - 17 Oct 2024: Director resigned: IKEDA, Kei, Mr.. Director change recorded on 17 Oct 2024. 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. - 17 Oct 2024: New director appointed: MCAREAVEY, Michael Thomas, Mr.. Director change recorded on 17 Oct 2024. 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. - 8 Jul 2024: Director resigned: LANGSRUD, Hans Kristian. Director change recorded on 8 Jul 2024. 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 Dec 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 14 Dec 2022. 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. - 13 Sep 2022: New director appointed: SKJELOY, Asgeir. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 13 Sep 2022: New director appointed: SKJELØY, Asgeir. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 13 Sep 2022: Director resigned: SKJELØY, Asgeir. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 1 Mar 2021: Notification of Bw Offshore Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Mar 2021. 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. - 1 Mar 2021: Cessation of Bw Offshore Cyprus Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Mar 2021. 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. - 1 Feb 2020: Notification of Bw Offshore Cyprus Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Feb 2020. 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. - 1 Feb 2020: Cessation of Bw Offshore Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Feb 2020. 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. - 1 Jul 2019: New director appointed: IKEDA, Kei, Mr.. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 1 Jul 2019: New director appointed: LANGSRUD, Hans Kristian. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 1 Jul 2019: Director resigned: SOLVAG, Ole. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 1 Jul 2019: Director resigned: ARNET, Carl Krogh. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 23 Jul 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 23 Jul 2018. 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. - 23 Mar 2018: New director appointed: ARNET, Carl Krogh. Director change recorded on 23 Mar 2018. 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. 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 BW Offshore (UK) Limited ### Is BW Offshore (UK) Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. BW Offshore (UK) Limited in Aberdeen is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can BW Offshore (UK) Limited sponsor? BW Offshore (UK) Limited 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 BW Offshore (UK) Limited based? The register lists BW Offshore (UK) Limited at Horizons House First Floor, 81-83 Waterloo Quay, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, AB11 5DE. 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 SC382123. 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/bw-offshore-uk-limited-aberdeen-743409 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/bw-offshore-uk-limited-aberdeen-743409.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.