--- title: "Drilling Information Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/drilling-information-ltd-stonehouse-735689 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 --- # Drilling Information Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Drilling Information Ltd (Companies House 06595556, Stonehouse) 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: DRILLING INFORMATION LIMITED - Industry: Professional Services - Town: Stonehouse - Registered address: Unit 702 Sperry Way, Stonehouse Business Park, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3UT - Companies House number: 06595556 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06595556) - 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/drilling-information-ltd-stonehouse-735689 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 31 licensed sponsors in Stonehouse: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/stonehouse - One of 10,299 in Professional Services: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/professional-services - 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 6 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Mar 2020: Director resigned: STEEL, Malcolm John. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2020. 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. - 9 Nov 2017: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Nov 2017. 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. - 30 Oct 2017: Cessation of Mr Malcolm John Steel as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 30 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. - 30 Oct 2017: New director appointed: SHILLINGTON, Shawn. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 15 May 2017: New person with significant control: Mr Malcolm John Steel. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 May 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. - 17 Jun 2014: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 17 Jun 2014. 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. 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 Drilling Information Ltd ### Is Drilling Information Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Drilling Information Ltd in Stonehouse 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 Drilling Information Ltd sponsor? Drilling Information 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 Drilling Information Ltd based? The register lists Drilling Information Ltd at Unit 702 Sperry Way, Stonehouse Business Park, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3UT. 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 06595556. 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/drilling-information-ltd-stonehouse-735689 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/drilling-information-ltd-stonehouse-735689.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.