--- title: "Harrogate Town Afc Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/harrogate-town-afc-ltd-harrogate-768301 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 --- # Harrogate Town Afc Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Harrogate Town Afc Ltd (Companies House 02523873, Harrogate) 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 11 October 2022 (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: 11 October 2022 - Legal name: HARROGATE TOWN AFC LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: HARROGATE - Registered address: Harrogate Town Afc Limited The Envirovent Stadium, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, HG2 7RY - Companies House number: 02523873 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02523873) - Website: https://htafccommunity.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/harrogate-town-afc-ltd-harrogate-768301 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 137 licensed sponsors in Harrogate: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/harrogate - 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 12 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 16 Oct 2026: Notification of Fc Company Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 16 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 13 Nov 2026. - 16 Oct 2026: Cessation of Mr Richard Irving Weaver as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 16 Oct 2026. 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 13 Nov 2026. - 16 Oct 2026: Director resigned: MATTHEWS, Howard John. Director change recorded on 16 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 13 Nov 2026. - 16 Oct 2026: New director appointed: BLEZARD, Jonathan. Director change recorded on 16 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 13 Nov 2026. - 16 Oct 2026: New director appointed: WEAVER, Simon Daniel. Director change recorded on 16 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 13 Nov 2026. - 30 Jul 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 30 Jul 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. - 20 Jan 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 Jan 2025. 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. - 5 Jul 2024: Secretary resigned: DAVIS, Julian Nigel. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 5 Jul 2024: Director resigned: STONE, Paul. Director change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 5 Jul 2024: New secretary appointed: MILES, Ashley. Company secretary change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 1 Sep 2023: Director resigned: DUNNINGTON, George. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 17 Nov 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 17 Nov 2022. 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 Harrogate Town Afc Ltd ### Is Harrogate Town Afc Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Harrogate Town Afc Ltd in HARROGATE 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 Harrogate Town Afc Ltd sponsor? Harrogate Town Afc Ltd is licensed for International Sportsperson. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Harrogate Town Afc Ltd based? The register lists Harrogate Town Afc Ltd at Harrogate Town Afc Limited The Envirovent Stadium, Wetherby Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, HG2 7RY. 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 02523873. 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/harrogate-town-afc-ltd-harrogate-768301 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/harrogate-town-afc-ltd-harrogate-768301.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.