--- title: "Celtic plc: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/celtic-plc-glasgow-775496 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 --- # Celtic plc: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Celtic plc (trading as Celtic Football Club; Companies House SC003487; Glasgow) 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 22 January 2025 (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: 22 January 2025 - Trading as: Celtic Football Club - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Glasgow - Registered address: Celtic Park, Glasgow, G40 3RE - Companies House number: SC003487 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC003487) - Website: https://www.celticfc.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/celtic-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/celtic-plc-glasgow-775496 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,381 licensed sponsors in Glasgow: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/glasgow - 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 4 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 17 Sep 2026: New director appointed: KEANE, James Mark. Director change recorded on 17 Sep 2026. 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. - 15 Apr 2026: Director resigned: ALLISON, Thomas Eardley. Director change recorded on 15 Apr 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 Dec 2025: Director resigned: LAWWELL, Peter Thomas. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 6 Mar 2025: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 6 Mar 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. 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 Celtic plc ### Is Celtic plc a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Celtic plc in Glasgow is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2025. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Celtic plc sponsor? Celtic plc is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Celtic plc based? The register lists Celtic plc at Celtic Park, Glasgow, G40 3RE. 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 SC003487. 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/celtic-plc-glasgow-775496 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/celtic-plc-glasgow-775496.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.