--- title: "Barnsley Football Club Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/barnsley-football-club-ltd-barnsley-764414 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 --- # Barnsley Football Club Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Barnsley Football Club Ltd (Companies House 04573250, Barnsley) 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 27 May 2020 (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: 27 May 2020 - Legal name: BARNSLEY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Barnsley - Registered address: Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 1ET - Companies House number: 04573250 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04573250) - 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/barnsley-football-club-ltd-barnsley-764414 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 121 licensed sponsors in Barnsley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/barnsley - 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 24 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 13 Jul 2026: Cessation of Bfc Investment Company Ltd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 Jul 2026. 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. - 9 Dec 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 9 Dec 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. - 16 Oct 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 16 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. - 29 Sep 2025: Director resigned: SORMAZ, Mladen. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 12 Feb 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 12 Feb 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. - 29 Apr 2024: New director appointed: SORMAZ, Mladen. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 29 Apr 2024: New director appointed: FLATMAN, Jonathan Paul. Director change recorded on 29 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 Dec 2023: Director resigned: EL-AHMAD, Khaled. Director change recorded on 13 Dec 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. - 30 Oct 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 30 Oct 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. - 2 Oct 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 2 Oct 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. - 19 Jun 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 11 Apr 2023: Cessation of Mr Chien Lee as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 11 Apr 2023. 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. - 30 Mar 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 30 Mar 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. - 28 Feb 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 28 Feb 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. - 16 May 2022: New director appointed: QUAY, Julie Anne Kim. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 16 May 2022: New director appointed: CRYNE, Jean Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 9 May 2022: Director resigned: LEE, Dickson Kong. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 9 May 2022: Director resigned: LEE, Chien. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 9 May 2022: Director resigned: CONWAY, Paul Matthew. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 9 May 2022: Director resigned: HUNG, Wang Kai Grace. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 25 Jan 2022: Notification of Mr Neerav Apurva Parekh as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 20 Sep 2021: New director appointed: EL-AHMAD, Khaled. Director change recorded on 20 Sep 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 Jul 2021: Director resigned: MURPHY, Dane Jacob. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. 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 Barnsley Football Club Ltd ### Is Barnsley Football Club Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Barnsley Football Club Ltd in Barnsley is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Barnsley Football Club Ltd sponsor? Barnsley Football Club Ltd is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Barnsley Football Club Ltd based? The register lists Barnsley Football Club Ltd at Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 1ET. 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 04573250. 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/barnsley-football-club-ltd-barnsley-764414 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/barnsley-football-club-ltd-barnsley-764414.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.