--- title: "Manchester Sale Rugby Club Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/manchester-sale-rugby-club-ltd-carrington-768585 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 --- # Manchester Sale Rugby Club Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Manchester Sale Rugby Club Ltd (trading as Sale FC Rugby; Companies House 03333690; Carrington) 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 at least 4 August 2013 (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: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: Sale FC Rugby - Legal name: MANCHESTER SALE RUGBY CLUB LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Carrington - Registered address: 31 Carrington Lane, Carrington, Manchester, England, M31 4AB - Companies House number: 03333690 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03333690) - Website: https://www.salefc.com/salefc_contact-us/carrington-lane - 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/manchester-sale-rugby-club-ltd-carrington-768585 ## Where this sponsor sits - 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 23 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 30 Aug 2023: New director appointed: SMITH, Paul Leslie. Director change recorded on 30 Aug 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. - 21 Jul 2023: Director resigned: SUTTON, Sid Mark John. Director change recorded on 21 Jul 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. - 26 Mar 2021: New director appointed: ORANGE, Karin Michelle. Director change recorded on 26 Mar 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. - 10 Dec 2020: Director resigned: DIAMOND, Stephen. Director change recorded on 10 Dec 2020. 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. - 15 Jul 2020: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 15 Jul 2020. 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. - 3 Apr 2020: Director resigned: DORSETT, Jonathan Paul. Director change recorded on 3 Apr 2020. 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 Dec 2019: New director appointed: SUTTON, Sid Mark John. Director change recorded on 17 Dec 2019. 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 May 2019: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 14 May 2019. 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. - 20 Mar 2019: Cessation of Mr Simon Sebastian Orange as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 20 Mar 2019. 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. - 14 Jul 2016: New director appointed: DIAMOND, Stephen. Director change recorded on 14 Jul 2016. 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 Jul 2016: New director appointed: MASON, Gerard Anthony. Director change recorded on 14 Jul 2016. 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 Jun 2016: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 25 Jun 2016, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 22 Jun 2016: New director appointed: DORSETT, Jonathan Paul. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 2016. 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. - 22 Jun 2016: Director resigned: SCOTT, Stephen James. Director change recorded on 22 Jun 2016. 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. - 8 Jun 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Simon Sebastian Orange. Change to people with significant control recorded on 8 Jun 2016. 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. - 8 Jun 2016: New director appointed: SCOTT, Stephen James. Director change recorded on 8 Jun 2016. 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. - 8 Jun 2016: Director resigned: JENNINGS, James Scott. Director change recorded on 8 Jun 2016. 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. - 8 Jun 2016: Director resigned: KIRK, Adrian Christopher. Director change recorded on 8 Jun 2016. 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. - 8 Jun 2016: Director resigned: BLACKHURST, Ian Peter. Director change recorded on 8 Jun 2016. 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. - 8 Jun 2016: New director appointed: ORANGE, Simon Sebastian. Director change recorded on 8 Jun 2016. 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 Apr 2016: Notification of Sharks Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 27 Apr 2016. 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. - 30 Sep 2015: Director resigned: CHALLINOR, David John. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2015. 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. - 1 Mar 2015: Secretary resigned: CORNWALL, Steven. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Mar 2015. 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 Manchester Sale Rugby Club Ltd ### Is Manchester Sale Rugby Club Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Manchester Sale Rugby Club Ltd in Carrington is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Manchester Sale Rugby Club Ltd sponsor? Manchester Sale Rugby Club Ltd is licensed for International Sportsperson. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Manchester Sale Rugby Club Ltd based? The register lists Manchester Sale Rugby Club Ltd at 31 Carrington Lane, Carrington, Manchester, England, M31 4AB. 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 03333690. 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/manchester-sale-rugby-club-ltd-carrington-768585 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/manchester-sale-rugby-club-ltd-carrington-768585.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.