--- title: "Leeds United Football Club Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/leeds-united-football-club-limited-leeds-708884 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 --- # Leeds United Football Club Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Leeds United Football Club Limited (Companies House 06233875, Leeds) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 22 August 2023 (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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; International Sportsperson; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 22 August 2023 - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Leeds - Registered address: Elland Road Stadium, Elland Road, Leeds, LS11 0ES - Companies House number: 06233875 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06233875) - Website: https://www.leedsunited.com - 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/leeds-united-football-club-limited-leeds-708884 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,083 licensed sponsors in Leeds: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/leeds - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 14 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Mar 2026: New director appointed: DRACOPOULOS, Andreas. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 9 May 2025: Director resigned: KINNEAR, Angus Robert. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 9 May 2025: New director appointed: EVANS, Robert. Director change recorded on 9 May 2025. 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. - 23 Jul 2024: Director resigned: CLINE-THOMAS, Rudolph. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Jul 2024: New director appointed: SCHWARTZBERG, Andrew Nathan. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 23 Jul 2024: New director appointed: SCHNEUR, Eugene. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 27 Oct 2023: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 27 Oct 2023. 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. - 25 Sep 2023: New person with significant control: Mr John Edward York. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Sep 2023. 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. - 25 Sep 2023: New person with significant control: Mr Paraag Vijay Marathe. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Sep 2023. 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. - 25 Sep 2023: Cessation of Mr Andrea Radrizzani as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 25 Sep 2023. 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. - 25 Sep 2023: New director appointed: CLINE-THOMAS, Rudolph. Director change recorded on 25 Sep 2023. 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. - 25 Sep 2023: Director resigned: MARINELLI, Massimo. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Sep 2023: Director resigned: MENCUCCI, Sandro. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 25 Sep 2023: Director resigned: RADRIZZANI, Andrea. Director change recorded on 25 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. 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 Leeds United Football Club Limited ### Is Leeds United Football Club Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Leeds United Football Club Limited in Leeds is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Leeds United Football Club Limited sponsor? Leeds United Football Club Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Leeds United Football Club Limited based? The register lists Leeds United Football Club Limited at Elland Road Stadium, Elland Road, Leeds, LS11 0ES. 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 06233875. 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/leeds-united-football-club-limited-leeds-708884 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/leeds-united-football-club-limited-leeds-708884.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.