--- title: "Linfield Football Club: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/linfield-football-club-belfast-777869 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 --- # Linfield Football Club: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Linfield Football Club (trading as Linfield FC; Companies House NI606861; Belfast) 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 28 July 2021 (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: 28 July 2021 - Trading as: Linfield FC - Legal name: LINFIELD FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Belfast - Registered address: "Windsor Park", Donegall Avenue, Belfast, BT12 6LW - Companies House number: NI606861 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI606861) - Website: https://www.linfieldfc.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/linfield-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/linfield-football-club-belfast-777869 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 537 licensed sponsors in Belfast: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/belfast - 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 10 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 6 Oct 2025: Director resigned: RAMSEY, Hugh Cameron, Dr. Director change recorded on 6 Oct 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. - 2 May 2025: New director appointed: WHITE, Paul Kenneth. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 1 Jul 2024: Director resigned: MCCOUBREY, David Andrew. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 3 May 2024: Director resigned: JONES, Michael Alan. Director change recorded on 3 May 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. - 3 May 2024: New director appointed: FOSTER, Michael. Director change recorded on 3 May 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. - 9 May 2023: Secretary resigned: CONN, Thomas Andrew. Company secretary change recorded on 9 May 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. - 9 May 2023: Director resigned: WOODS, William Irvine Rodger. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 9 May 2023: New director appointed: MORRISON, Ronald. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 9 May 2023: New secretary appointed: GILMORE, Stuart. Company secretary change recorded on 9 May 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. - 14 Dec 2021: New director appointed: SALES, David. Director change recorded on 14 Dec 2021. 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. 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 Linfield Football Club ### Is Linfield Football Club a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Linfield Football Club in Belfast is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Linfield Football Club sponsor? Linfield Football Club is licensed for International Sportsperson. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Linfield Football Club based? The register lists Linfield Football Club at "Windsor Park", Donegall Avenue, Belfast, BT12 6LW. 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 NI606861. 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/linfield-football-club-belfast-777869 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/linfield-football-club-belfast-777869.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.