--- title: "Expro North Sea Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/expro-north-sea-ltd-aberdeen-690569 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 --- # Expro North Sea Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Expro North Sea Ltd (Companies House 01108011, Aberdeen) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, 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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee; Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: EXPRO NORTH SEA LIMITED - Industry: Energy, Utilities & Sustainability - Town: Aberdeen - Registered address: Second Floor Davidson House, Forbury Square, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom, RG1 3EU - Companies House number: 01108011 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01108011) - Website: https://www.expro.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/expro - 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/expro-north-sea-ltd-aberdeen-690569 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 494 licensed sponsors in Aberdeen: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/aberdeen - One of 1,957 in Energy, Utilities & Sustainability: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/energy-utilities-sustainability - 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 16 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 5 May 2023: Director resigned: MACKENZIE, Colin James. Director change recorded on 5 May 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. - 5 May 2023: New director appointed: FARLEY, Iain David. Director change recorded on 5 May 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. - 31 Mar 2023: Director resigned: GEDDES, Alistair George Sinclair. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 3 Jun 2020: New director appointed: MACKENZIE, Colin James. Director change recorded on 3 Jun 2020. 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. - 3 Jun 2020: Director resigned: SIMS, Neil Ronald. Director change recorded on 3 Jun 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. - 31 Mar 2020: Director resigned: ROBB, Ian James. 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. - 5 Sep 2019: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 5 Sep 2019. 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. - 11 Jul 2019: Secretary resigned: O'CONNELL, Clare. Company secretary change recorded on 11 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. - 11 Jul 2019: New secretary appointed: ELEY, Sarah Louise. Company secretary change recorded on 11 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. - 13 Mar 2017: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 13 Mar 2017. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Exploration And Production Services (Holdings) Limited 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. - 31 Mar 2016: Director resigned: WOODBURN, Charles Nicholas. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 2016. 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 Jan 2015: New director appointed: SIMS, Neil Ronald. Director change recorded on 9 Jan 2015. 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. - 9 Jan 2015: Director resigned: PALMER, Keith John. Director change recorded on 9 Jan 2015. 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. - 4 Nov 2014: New secretary appointed: O'CONNELL, Clare. Company secretary change recorded on 4 Nov 2014. 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. - 3 Nov 2014: Secretary resigned: COX, Melanie Rachel. Company secretary change recorded on 3 Nov 2014. 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. 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 Expro North Sea Ltd ### Is Expro North Sea Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Expro North Sea 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 Expro North Sea Ltd sponsor? Expro North Sea Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Expro North Sea Ltd based? The register lists Expro North Sea Ltd at Second Floor Davidson House, Forbury Square, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom, RG1 3EU. 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 01108011. 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/expro-north-sea-ltd-aberdeen-690569 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/expro-north-sea-ltd-aberdeen-690569.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.