The register
The register lists Archer (UK) Limited in Aberdeen as a licensed sponsor on Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker, 2 routes in all, and has done since at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating).
Archer (UK) Limited is the registered name (Companies House number SC229291), a private limited company on the register since 2002. Registered office: 2 Marischal Square, Broad Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1DQ, AB10 1DQ. By its SIC codes the business is in mining and quarrying. It has traded under other names before, including Seawell Limited, Seadrill Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Archer (UK) Limited the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.