--- title: "Aston Villa FC Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/aston-villa-fc-limited-birmingham-795644 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 --- # Aston Villa FC Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Aston Villa FC Limited (Companies House 02502822, Birmingham) 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 17 October 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: 17 October 2016 - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Birmingham - Registered address: Villa Park, Trinity Road, Birmingham, B6 6HE - Companies House number: 02502822 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02502822) - Website: https://www.avfc.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aston-villa-football-club/ - 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/aston-villa-fc-limited-birmingham-795644 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 3,082 licensed sponsors in Birmingham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/birmingham - 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 13 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 16 Apr 2024: New secretary appointed: SCHUURMANS, Bjorn. Company secretary change recorded on 16 Apr 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. - 13 Apr 2024: New director appointed: LEBADA, Bashir. Director change recorded on 13 Apr 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. - 12 Apr 2024: New director appointed: WATTERSON, Sarah Louise. Director change recorded on 12 Apr 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. - 12 Apr 2024: New director appointed: HALL, Chester. Director change recorded on 12 Apr 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. - 12 Apr 2024: New director appointed: ANGELAKIS, Michael. Director change recorded on 12 Apr 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. - 19 Dec 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Dec 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. - 12 Jun 2023: Director resigned: PURSLOW, Christian Mark Cecil. Director change recorded on 12 Jun 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. - 2 Aug 2019: Director resigned: XIA, Jian Tong. Director change recorded on 2 Aug 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. - 14 Sep 2018: New director appointed: PURSLOW, Christian Mark Cecil. Director change recorded on 14 Sep 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. - 25 Jul 2018: Director resigned: GU, Yanfang. Director change recorded on 25 Jul 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. - 25 Jul 2018: New director appointed: SAWIRIS, Nassef. Director change recorded on 25 Jul 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. - 25 Jul 2018: New director appointed: EDENS, Wesley Robert. Director change recorded on 25 Jul 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. - 12 Jun 2018: Director resigned: WYNESS, Keith. Director change recorded on 12 Jun 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. 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 Aston Villa FC Limited ### Is Aston Villa FC Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Aston Villa FC Limited in Birmingham 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 Aston Villa FC Limited sponsor? Aston Villa FC Limited is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Aston Villa FC Limited based? The register lists Aston Villa FC Limited at Villa Park, Trinity Road, Birmingham, B6 6HE. 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 02502822. 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/aston-villa-fc-limited-birmingham-795644 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/aston-villa-fc-limited-birmingham-795644.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.