--- title: "Durham Women Football Club Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/durham-women-football-club-ltd-durham-686737 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 Women Football Club Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Durham Women Football Club Ltd (Companies House 08729505, Durham) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the International Sportsperson route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 29 August 2024 (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 - First seen on the register: 29 August 2024 - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Durham - Companies House number: 08729505 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08729505) - Website: https://durhamwfc.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-women-football-club-ltd-durham-686737 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 86 licensed sponsors in Durham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/durham - 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 8 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 3 Sep 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 3 Sep 2026. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 19 Jun 2026: Director resigned: CONNOLLY, Frances Mary. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 19 Jun 2026: Director resigned: CONNOLLY, Patrick Joseph. Director change recorded on 19 Jun 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. - 30 Dec 2024: Shares sub-divided or consolidated. Share capital filing recorded on 30 Dec 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. - 23 Dec 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 23 Dec 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. - 16 Dec 2024: New director appointed: CONNOLLY, Frances Mary. Director change recorded on 16 Dec 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. - 16 Dec 2024: New director appointed: CONNOLLY, Patrick Joseph. Director change recorded on 16 Dec 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. - 17 Oct 2024: New person with significant control: Ms Dawn Louise Hepple. Change to people with significant control recorded on 17 Oct 2024. 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. 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 Women Football Club Ltd ### Is Durham Women Football Club Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Durham Women Football Club Ltd in Durham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Durham Women Football Club Ltd sponsor? Durham Women Football Club Ltd is licensed for International Sportsperson. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Durham Women Football Club Ltd based? The register lists Durham Women Football Club Ltd at Durham. 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 08729505. 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-women-football-club-ltd-durham-686737 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/durham-women-football-club-ltd-durham-686737.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.