--- title: "Iranian Oil Company (UK) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/iranian-oil-company-uk-ltd-aberdeen-768578 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 --- # Iranian Oil Company (UK) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Iranian Oil Company (UK) Ltd (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). ## 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: IRANIAN OIL COMPANY (U.K.) LIMITED - Industry: Energy, Utilities & Sustainability - Town: Aberdeen - Companies House number: 01019769 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01019769) - 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/iranian-oil-company-uk-ltd-aberdeen-768578 ## 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 19 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 15 Dec 2020: Notification of Mr Nigel Hall as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 15 Dec 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. - 15 Dec 2020: Cessation of F.C.M Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Dec 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. - 2 Nov 2018: Notification of F.C.M Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 2 Nov 2018. 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. - 2 Nov 2018: Cessation of Islamic Republic Of Iran as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 2 Nov 2018. 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. - 2 Nov 2018: Director resigned: MOHADDES, Seyed Mahmoud. Director change recorded on 2 Nov 2018. 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. - 2 Nov 2018: Director resigned: AKBARY, Hamid, Dr. Director change recorded on 2 Nov 2018. 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. - 2 Nov 2018: Director resigned: ASGHARNIA, Mojtaba. Director change recorded on 2 Nov 2018. 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 Jun 2018: Secretary resigned: MOHADDES, Seyed Mahmoud. Company secretary change recorded on 27 Jun 2018. 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 Jun 2018: New director appointed: DAMANPAK, Jafar. Director change recorded on 27 Jun 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. - 17 Apr 2018: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 17 Apr 2018. 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. - 11 Dec 2017: Director resigned: HEDAYATZADEHRAZAVI, Seyed Majid. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. - 16 Aug 2017: New director appointed: AKBARY, Hamid, Dr. Director change recorded on 16 Aug 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. - 16 Aug 2017: New director appointed: ASGHARNIA, Mojtaba. Director change recorded on 16 Aug 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. - 10 Dec 2016: New director appointed: HEDAYATZADEHRAZAVI, Seyed Majid. Director change recorded on 10 Dec 2016. 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. - 10 Dec 2016: Director resigned: PAKNEJAD, Mohsen. Director change recorded on 10 Dec 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. - 10 Dec 2016: Director resigned: ZIR GACHIAN ZADEH, Mahmoud. Director change recorded on 10 Dec 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Islamic Republic Of Iran 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. - 26 Jun 2014: New director appointed: PAKNEJAD, Mohsen. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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. - 26 Jun 2014: Director resigned: JASHNSAZ, Seyfollah. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 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 Iranian Oil Company (UK) Ltd ### Is Iranian Oil Company (UK) Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Iranian Oil Company (UK) 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 Iranian Oil Company (UK) Ltd sponsor? Iranian Oil Company (UK) 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 Iranian Oil Company (UK) Ltd based? The register lists Iranian Oil Company (UK) Ltd at Aberdeen. 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. 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/iranian-oil-company-uk-ltd-aberdeen-768578 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/iranian-oil-company-uk-ltd-aberdeen-768578.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.