--- title: "Aberdeen Football Club: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/aberdeen-football-club-aberdeen-758714 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 --- # Aberdeen Football Club: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Aberdeen Football Club (Companies House SC005364, Aberdeen) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the International Sportsperson 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: International Sportsperson; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: ABERDEEN FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Aberdeen - Registered address: Pittodrie Stadium, Pittodrie Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5QH - Companies House number: SC005364 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC005364) - Website: https://www.afc.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aberdeen-fc/about/ - 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/aberdeen-football-club-aberdeen-758714 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 494 licensed sponsors in Aberdeen: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/aberdeen - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 1,456 International Sportsperson sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/international-sportsperson ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 46 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 22 Oct 2026: New director appointed: BEVINGTON, Adrian. Director change recorded on 22 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 19 Nov 2026. - 14 Sep 2026: Director resigned: BURROWS, Alan Gordon. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 2026. 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. - 23 Jul 2026: New director appointed: CORSIE, Rachel Louise. Director change recorded on 23 Jul 2026. 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 Jul 2026: Director resigned: OGILVIE, Zoe Sutherland. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 2026. 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. - 17 Jun 2026: Director resigned: MILNE, Stewart. Director change recorded on 17 Jun 2026. 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 Jul 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Jul 2025. 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. - 10 Feb 2025: New director appointed: LAWRIE, David Ernest. Director change recorded on 10 Feb 2025. 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 May 2023: Director resigned: WICKS, Robert Somerset. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 13 Mar 2023: New director appointed: BURROWS, Alan Gordon. Director change recorded on 13 Mar 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. - 8 Aug 2022: Director resigned: EALES, Darren Graham. Director change recorded on 8 Aug 2022. 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. - 8 Aug 2022: New director appointed: EFSTATHIOU, Dimitrios. Director change recorded on 8 Aug 2022. 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 May 2022: New director appointed: GARNER, William. Director change recorded on 9 May 2022. 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. - 22 Nov 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 22 Nov 2021. 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. - 3 Jun 2021: New director appointed: OGILVIE, Zoe Sutherland. Director change recorded on 3 Jun 2021. 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 2021: Director resigned: BUCHAN, Gordon Andrew. Director change recorded on 3 Jun 2021. 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. - 30 Nov 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 30 Nov 2020. 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. - 23 Oct 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 23 Oct 2020. 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. - 22 Jul 2020: Director resigned: FRASER, Duncan Grant. Director change recorded on 22 Jul 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. - 10 Jul 2020: New director appointed: MACIVER, Kevin Duncan. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 20 Dec 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Dec 2019. 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. - 17 Dec 2019: Cessation of Mr Stewart Milne as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 17 Dec 2019. 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. - 16 Dec 2019: Director resigned: SKINNER, Duncan Ross. Director change recorded on 16 Dec 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. - 16 Dec 2019: Director resigned: BROWN, James Craig. Director change recorded on 16 Dec 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. - 16 Dec 2019: Director resigned: JACK, Ian. Director change recorded on 16 Dec 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. - 6 Dec 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Dec 2019. 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. - + 21 earlier changes on the web page 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 Aberdeen Football Club ### Is Aberdeen Football Club a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Aberdeen Football Club 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 Aberdeen Football Club sponsor? Aberdeen Football Club is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Aberdeen Football Club based? The register lists Aberdeen Football Club at Pittodrie Stadium, Pittodrie Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5QH. 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 SC005364. 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/aberdeen-football-club-aberdeen-758714 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/aberdeen-football-club-aberdeen-758714.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.