--- title: "AFC Bournemouth Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/afc-bournemouth-limited-bournemouth-790548 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 --- # AFC Bournemouth Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, AFC Bournemouth Limited (Companies House 06632170, Bournemouth) 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 8 December 2016 (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: 8 December 2016 - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Bournemouth - Registered address: Vitality Stadium Dean Court, Kings Park, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom, BH7 7AF - Companies House number: 06632170 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06632170) - Website: https://www.afcb.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/afc-bournemouth - 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/afc-bournemouth-limited-bournemouth-790548 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 252 licensed sponsors in Bournemouth: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bournemouth - 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 21 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 10 Oct 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 10 Oct 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. - 8 Jan 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 8 Jan 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. - 12 Sep 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 12 Sep 2024. 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 May 2024: New director appointed: PICKUP, Todd Martin. Director change recorded on 21 May 2024. 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 May 2024: New director appointed: CASWELL, Ryan Richard. Director change recorded on 8 May 2024. 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. - 4 Jan 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Jan 2024. 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. - 14 Aug 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 14 Aug 2023. 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 Jul 2023: New director appointed: FREVOLA, James Edward. Director change recorded on 21 Jul 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. - 12 Dec 2022: Notification of Black Knight Football Club Uk Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 12 Dec 2022. 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. - 12 Dec 2022: Cessation of Mr Maxim Victorovich Demin as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Dec 2022. 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. - 12 Dec 2022: Director resigned: MOSTYN, Jeffrey Anthony. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 12 Dec 2022: Director resigned: ROTHWELL, Nicholas. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 12 Dec 2022: Director resigned: SEITZ, Rico. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 12 Dec 2022: New director appointed: FOLEY II, William Patrick. Director change recorded on 12 Dec 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. - 7 Dec 2021: New director appointed: BLAKE, Neill Christopher. Director change recorded on 7 Dec 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. - 1 Apr 2021: Director resigned: BLAKE, Neill Christopher. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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. - 28 Jan 2019: Director resigned: HULSIZER, Matt. Director change recorded on 28 Jan 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. - 28 Jan 2019: Director resigned: COPPOLETTA, Jay Christian. Director change recorded on 28 Jan 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. - 24 Aug 2017: Director resigned: PONOMAREV, Mikhail Vladimirovich. Director change recorded on 24 Aug 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. - 24 Aug 2017: Director resigned: TIKHTUROV, Oleg. Director change recorded on 24 Aug 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. - 24 Aug 2017: Director resigned: TIKHTUROV, Igor. Director change recorded on 24 Aug 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. 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 AFC Bournemouth Limited ### Is AFC Bournemouth Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. AFC Bournemouth Limited in Bournemouth is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can AFC Bournemouth Limited sponsor? AFC Bournemouth Limited is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is AFC Bournemouth Limited based? The register lists AFC Bournemouth Limited at Vitality Stadium Dean Court, Kings Park, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom, BH7 7AF. 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 06632170. 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/afc-bournemouth-limited-bournemouth-790548 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/afc-bournemouth-limited-bournemouth-790548.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.