--- title: "Burnley Football & Athletic Company Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/burnley-football-and-athletic-company-ltd-burnley-765539 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 --- # Burnley Football & Athletic Company Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Burnley Football & Athletic Company Ltd (Burnley) 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). ## 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 - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Burnley - Companies House number: 00054222 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00054222) - 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/burnley-football-and-athletic-company-ltd-burnley-765539 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 111 licensed sponsors in Burnley: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/burnley - 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 19 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 14 Nov 2025: Director resigned: PARRA, Antonio Davila. Director change recorded on 14 Nov 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. - 30 Jun 2023: Director resigned: BANASZKIEWICZ, John William. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 30 Jun 2023: Director resigned: GARLICK, Michael Lee. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 30 Dec 2020: New director appointed: PARRA, Antonio Davila. Director change recorded on 30 Dec 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. - 30 Dec 2020: Director resigned: CRABB, Terence Anthony David, Mr.. Director change recorded on 30 Dec 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. - 30 Dec 2020: Director resigned: NELSON, Brian Thomas. Director change recorded on 30 Dec 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. - 30 Dec 2020: Director resigned: FLOOD, Brendan. Director change recorded on 30 Dec 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. - 30 Dec 2020: Director resigned: KILBY, Barry Charles. Director change recorded on 30 Dec 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. - 30 Dec 2020: Director resigned: HOLT, Clive John. Director change recorded on 30 Dec 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. - 30 Dec 2020: New director appointed: CHECKETTS, David Wayne. Director change recorded on 30 Dec 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. - 30 Dec 2020: New director appointed: HUNT, Stuart Andrew. Director change recorded on 30 Dec 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. - 30 Dec 2020: New director appointed: SMITH, Michael Lee. Director change recorded on 30 Dec 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. - 30 Dec 2020: New director appointed: PACE, Alan Gary. Director change recorded on 30 Dec 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. - 22 Jul 2016: Secretary resigned: HOLT, Clive John. Company secretary change recorded on 22 Jul 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. - 22 Jul 2016: New secretary appointed: WILLIAMS, Matthew Robert. Company secretary change recorded on 22 Jul 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. - 6 Jul 2016: Notification of Burnley Fc Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Jul 2016. 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. - 3 Mar 2014: New director appointed: FLOOD, Brendan. Director change recorded on 3 Mar 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. - 24 Jan 2014: New director appointed: CRABB, Terence Anthony David, Mr.. Director change recorded on 24 Jan 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. - 16 Dec 2013: New director appointed: NELSON, Brian Thomas. Director change recorded on 16 Dec 2013. 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 Burnley Football & Athletic Company Ltd ### Is Burnley Football & Athletic Company Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Burnley Football & Athletic Company Ltd in Burnley 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 Burnley Football & Athletic Company Ltd sponsor? Burnley Football & Athletic Company Ltd is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Burnley Football & Athletic Company Ltd based? The register lists Burnley Football & Athletic Company Ltd at Burnley. 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. 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/burnley-football-and-athletic-company-ltd-burnley-765539 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/burnley-football-and-athletic-company-ltd-burnley-765539.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.