--- title: "Cardiff City Football Club Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cardiff-city-football-club-limited-cardiff-772615 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 --- # Cardiff City Football Club Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Cardiff City Football Club Limited (Companies House 00109065, Cardiff) 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 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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Cardiff - Registered address: Cardiff City Stadium, Leckwith Road, Cardiff, CF11 8AZ - Companies House number: 00109065 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00109065) - 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/cardiff-city-football-club-limited-cardiff-772615 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 623 licensed sponsors in Cardiff: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/cardiff - 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 15 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Mar 2022: Director resigned: RASHEED, Abdul Jalil Abdul. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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 Jul 2021: New director appointed: RASHEED, Abdul Jalil Abdul. Director change recorded on 9 Jul 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. - 12 May 2020: Director resigned: ISSEN, Ronald Frank Nathaniel. Director change recorded on 12 May 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. - 10 Nov 2018: New director appointed: ISSEN, Ronald Frank Nathaniel. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 30 Nov 2017: New director appointed: CARAMELLA, Datuk Marco Ronaldo Mario. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 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. - 31 May 2017: Director resigned: LIM, Meng Kwong. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 7 Nov 2016: Director resigned: FILIOU, Michael. Director change recorded on 7 Nov 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. - 17 Sep 2016: Director resigned: LYE, Ek Seang, Datuk. Director change recorded on 17 Sep 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. - 29 Apr 2016: Notification of Cardiff City Football Club (Holdings) Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 29 Apr 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. - 13 Feb 2016: New director appointed: CHOO, Veh Ken. Director change recorded on 13 Feb 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. - 21 Dec 2015: Director resigned: ISAAC, Michael John. Director change recorded on 21 Dec 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. - 24 Nov 2014: Secretary resigned: FITZHUGH, Amir John William. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Nov 2014. 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. - 11 Jun 2014: Director resigned: LIM, Simon Peng Hock. Director change recorded on 11 Jun 2014. 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. - 7 Oct 2013: New secretary appointed: FITZHUGH, Amir John William. Company secretary change recorded on 7 Oct 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. - 21 Aug 2013: Director resigned: KONG, Len Win. Director change recorded on 21 Aug 2013. 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 0 live vacancies tracked for this employer (1 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - U21s Senior Academy Physiotherapist · Leckwith, Vale of Glamorgan - Cardiff · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/ZGJPc3XWPWJA3NB-gBBDF0h3Z5FO4R1MyCRfQpK5q9EXvCIwt0XZqCZaS1mFhq78s89Qm_Obdi-ObW0XGcR8qzy0m4w5VaZ7B8zPeLFE5vPpSgvW6GNwQqev0HRv_abBh8sU22C23EtkP6OCxnSVVOcReIzvVf73xpJl6jVPkS4xnaPU4AIMbGcEcMU4QlGLQeZSmrjrlzw5FEXA0MnrOO8ImVW4qH4ph3VGzqdGkBw A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Cardiff City Football Club Limited ### Is Cardiff City Football Club Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Cardiff City Football Club Limited in Cardiff 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 Cardiff City Football Club Limited sponsor? Cardiff City Football Club Limited is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Cardiff City Football Club Limited based? The register lists Cardiff City Football Club Limited at Cardiff City Stadium, Leckwith Road, Cardiff, CF11 8AZ. 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 00109065. 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/cardiff-city-football-club-limited-cardiff-772615 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/cardiff-city-football-club-limited-cardiff-772615.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.