---
title: "DRILLING SYSTEMS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/efeae704-e013-5a1c-ae65-7269b121fd84
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/efeae704-e013-5a1c-ae65-7269b121fd84
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02295138
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# DRILLING SYSTEMS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02295138`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/efeae704-e013-5a1c-ae65-7269b121fd84  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/efeae704-e013-5a1c-ae65-7269b121fd84  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **DRILLING SYSTEMS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba5f4328-24ea-54c5-941c-339be060716f
- **DRILLING SYSTEMS GROUP LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba5f4328-24ea-54c5-941c-339be060716f

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **DRILLING SYSTEMS (U.K.) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/82ecec48-7ff8-5a04-8938-1d839b235ff5
- **DRILLING SYSTEMS (U.K.) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/82ecec48-7ff8-5a04-8938-1d839b235ff5
- **D S SHEET METAL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9886d9f2-ae34-5c4b-b6a6-75cf5bcfdf92

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **18-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02295138`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1988-09-12
- **Registered office:** Hurn View House 5 Aviation Park, West Bournemouth International, Airport Hurn, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 6EW
- **SIC:** 26511, 62090

### Officers

- BATTISBY, Clive Jeffrey — director · British · appointed 2015-04-01
- NILSEN, Frode Scott — director · Norwegian · appointed 2025-11-01
- BATTISBY, Clive Jeffrey — secretary · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2015-04-21
- DWORNIK, Raphael Andrew James — secretary · British · resigned 1993-12-29
- FLETT, Jayne Anne — secretary · British · appointed 1993-12-29 · resigned 2006-09-06
- JONES, Julian — secretary · British · appointed 2006-09-22 · resigned 2008-02-22
- RICHENS, Sarah Lesley — secretary · appointed 2015-04-21 · resigned 2019-01-30
- SKEVINGTON, Rebecca — secretary · British · appointed 2006-09-06 · resigned 2006-09-22
- WILSON, James Neil — secretary · British · appointed 2008-01-22 · resigned 2015-04-01
- BODEN, Martin Brett — director · British · appointed 2024-06-01 · resigned 2025-06-30
- CARTER, Robin Graham — director · British · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2015-12-31
- COBELLI, Ricardo Dominic — director · British · appointed 2008-11-21 · resigned 2009-07-17
- DINES, Stephen — director · British · appointed 2015-12-31 · resigned 2018-04-06
- DWORNIK, Raphael Andrew James — director · British · resigned 1998-11-30
- FRANKLIN, Kevin Nigel — director · British · appointed 2018-05-31 · resigned 2025-10-31
- HUDSON, Ian Richard — director · British · appointed 2016-04-07 · resigned 2018-07-31
- JONES, Julian — director · British · resigned 2008-03-31
- JONES, Stanley Reginald — director · British · appointed 1996-08-01 · resigned 2015-04-01
- PILGRIM, David John — director · British · resigned 1994-04-22
- SINCLAIR, Patrick Malcolm Mann — director · British · appointed 2019-11-14 · resigned 2024-01-31

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Drilling Systems Group Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba5f4328-24ea-54c5-941c-339be060716f) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02295138
- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02295138

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **DRILLING SYSTEMS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/efeae704-e013-5a1c-ae65-7269b121fd84 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **DRILLING SYSTEMS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/efeae704-e013-5a1c-ae65-7269b121fd84 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/efeae704-e013-5a1c-ae65-7269b121fd84._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._