--- title: "Ambassadors Football Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ambassadors-football-limited-bolton-792880 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 --- # Ambassadors Football Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Ambassadors Football Limited (trading as AMBASSADORS FC; Companies House 03172553; Bolton) holds A-rated Worker and Temporary Worker sponsor licences covering the Charity Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 8 February 2014 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating); Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Charity Worker; Tier 2 Ministers of Religion - First seen on the register: 8 February 2014 - Trading as: AMBASSADORS FC - Industry: Public Sector & Non-Profit - Town: Bolton - Registered address: Claremont House, St Georges Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 2BY - Companies House number: 03172553 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03172553) - Website: https://gb.ambassadorsfootball.org - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-careers/ - 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/ambassadors-football-limited-bolton-792880 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 590 licensed sponsors in Bolton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bolton - One of 4,061 in Public Sector & Non-Profit: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/public-sector-non-profit - Among 1,531 Charity Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-charity ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 17 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Jul 2026: Director resigned: WOOD, Elspeth Louise. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 31 Jul 2026: Director resigned: PEARSON, Geoffrey Seagrave. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 6 Feb 2025: New director appointed: WOOD, Elspeth Louise. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 6 Feb 2025: Director resigned: HAMPSON, John. Director change recorded on 6 Feb 2025. 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. - 22 Apr 2022: New director appointed: BOYDEN, Edmund John. Director change recorded on 22 Apr 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. - 18 Feb 2022: Director resigned: SHEARSBY, Robert John. Director change recorded on 18 Feb 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. - 18 Sep 2020: New director appointed: PEARSON, Geoffrey Seagrave. Director change recorded on 18 Sep 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. - 29 Jun 2020: Director resigned: SQUIRES, John Kenneth. Director change recorded on 29 Jun 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. - 4 Mar 2020: Director resigned: HOAD, Nigel Howard. Director change recorded on 4 Mar 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. - 16 Nov 2018: New director appointed: SHEARSBY, Robert John. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 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. - 8 Nov 2018: Director resigned: OAKLEY, David William. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 1 Mar 2017: New director appointed: MONEY, Daniel Edward. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 18 Mar 2016: Secretary resigned: OAKLEY, David William. Company secretary change recorded on 18 Mar 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. - 18 Mar 2016: New secretary appointed: PRENTICE, Sally Joanne. Company secretary change recorded on 18 Mar 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. - 4 Dec 2015: New director appointed: SQUIRES, John Kenneth. Director change recorded on 4 Dec 2015. 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 2015: Director resigned: WOOD, Peter. Director change recorded on 26 Jun 2015. 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. - 26 Jun 2014: New director appointed: HAMPSON, John. 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. 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 Ambassadors Football Limited ### Is Ambassadors Football Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ambassadors Football Limited in Bolton is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Ambassadors Football Limited sponsor? Ambassadors Football Limited is licensed for Charity Worker and Tier 2 Ministers of Religion. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Ambassadors Football Limited based? The register lists Ambassadors Football Limited at Claremont House, St Georges Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 2BY. 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 03172553. 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/ambassadors-football-limited-bolton-792880 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ambassadors-football-limited-bolton-792880.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.