--- title: "Durham Cricket CIC: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/durham-cricket-cic-chester-le-street-714051 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 --- # Durham Cricket CIC: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Durham Cricket CIC (trading as DURHAM COUNTY CRICKET CLUB; Chester-le-Street) 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 5 September 2022 (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: 5 September 2022 - Trading as: DURHAM COUNTY CRICKET CLUB - Legal name: DURHAM CRICKET C.I.C. - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: CHESTER-LE-STREET - Companies House number: 05238857 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05238857) - Website: https://www.durhamcricket.co.uk - 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/durham-cricket-cic-chester-le-street-714051 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 18 licensed sponsors in Chester Le Street: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/chester-le-street - 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 5 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 21 Aug 2026: New director appointed: BASU, Arnab, Dr. Director change recorded on 21 Aug 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. - 11 Feb 2026: New director appointed: HUSBAND, Andrew. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 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. - 11 Mar 2025: Director resigned: DESAI, Naynesh Gunvant. Director change recorded on 11 Mar 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. - 16 Oct 2024: Director resigned: BOTHAM, Ian Terence, Sir. Director change recorded on 16 Oct 2024. 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. - 16 Nov 2022: Director resigned: HARKER, David. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 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. 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 Durham Cricket CIC ### Is Durham Cricket CIC a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Durham Cricket CIC in CHESTER-LE-STREET is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Durham Cricket CIC sponsor? Durham Cricket CIC is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Durham Cricket CIC based? The register lists Durham Cricket CIC at CHESTER-LE-STREET. 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/durham-cricket-cic-chester-le-street-714051 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/durham-cricket-cic-chester-le-street-714051.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.