--- title: "Dril-Quip (Europe) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dril-quip-europe-ltd-aberdeen-686374 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 --- # Dril-Quip (Europe) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Dril-Quip (Europe) Ltd (Companies House SC081748, 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 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: INNOVEX INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE) LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Aberdeen - Registered address: Stoneywood Park, Stoneywood Road, Dyce, Aberdeen, AB21 7DZ - Companies House number: SC081748 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC081748) - Website: https://www.dril-quip.com/Contact/Aberdeen-Facility/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dril-quip/ - 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/dril-quip-europe-ltd-aberdeen-686374 ## 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 31 October 2026, newest first: - 19 Oct 2026: New director appointed: BOWITZ, Hanne Elisabeth. Director change recorded on 19 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 16 Nov 2026. - 3 Sep 2026: Secretary resigned: HENDRY, Christopher Charles. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Sep 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. - 26 Feb 2026: Company name changed, now trading as "INNOVEX INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE) LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 26 Feb 2026. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 20 Sep 2024: Director resigned: BIRD, Jeffrey John. Director change recorded on 20 Sep 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. - 20 Sep 2024: Director resigned: WEBSTER, James Cleveland. Director change recorded on 20 Sep 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. - 20 Sep 2024: New director appointed: REED, Kendal Ryan. Director change recorded on 20 Sep 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. - 20 Sep 2024: New director appointed: ANDERSON, Adam Baker. Director change recorded on 20 Sep 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. - 27 Aug 2024: New director appointed: HENDRY, Christopher Charles. Director change recorded on 27 Aug 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. - 16 Oct 2023: New secretary appointed: HENDRY, Christopher Charles. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Oct 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. - 4 Aug 2023: Secretary resigned: CAMERON, Sonia Ann. Company secretary change recorded on 4 Aug 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. - 25 Mar 2019: New secretary appointed: CAMERON, Sonia Ann. Company secretary change recorded on 25 Mar 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. - 25 Mar 2019: Secretary resigned: MCKENDRICK, David Allan. Company secretary change recorded on 25 Mar 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 Mar 2019: New director appointed: WEBSTER, James Cleveland. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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 Mar 2019: Director resigned: GARIEPY, James Alfred. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 27 Oct 2017: Notification of Innovex (International) Uk Holdco Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 27 Oct 2017. 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. - 27 Oct 2017: Cessation of Dril-Quip Inc as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 27 Oct 2017. 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. - 18 Oct 2017: New director appointed: BIRD, Jeffrey John. Director change recorded on 18 Oct 2017. 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. - 18 Oct 2017: Director resigned: BROOKS, Jerry Mark. Director change recorded on 18 Oct 2017. 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 Apr 2016: Notification of Dril-Quip Inc as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 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. 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 Dril-Quip (Europe) Ltd ### Is Dril-Quip (Europe) Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Dril-Quip (Europe) Ltd in Aberdeen 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 Dril-Quip (Europe) Ltd sponsor? Dril-Quip (Europe) 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 Dril-Quip (Europe) Ltd based? The register lists Dril-Quip (Europe) Ltd at Stoneywood Park, Stoneywood Road, Dyce, Aberdeen, AB21 7DZ. 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 SC081748. 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/dril-quip-europe-ltd-aberdeen-686374 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/dril-quip-europe-ltd-aberdeen-686374.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.