--- title: "Middlesbrough Football Club: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/middlesbrough-football-club-darlington-715201 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 --- # Middlesbrough Football Club: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Middlesbrough Football Club (Darlington) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker routes, 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). ## 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; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Industry: Education - Town: Darlington - Companies House number: not matched - Website: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/ - 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/middlesbrough-football-club-darlington-715201 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 82 licensed sponsors in Darlington: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/darlington - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - Among 1,456 International Sportsperson sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/international-sportsperson ## Companies House changes since it joined the register No changes to check since it joined the register (checked 26 October 2026). 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 0 live vacancies tracked for this employer (1 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - PhD Studentship - Middlesbrough Football Club · Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire · expired · https://jobviewtrack.com/v2/xNQB8Ksud4oqh2mUWla1ONfsqWHiBZWkHrgkdYFlfJkFiGOwpJDYR9ykOAP4dS4VVO8CWFuaB-oTIo7cAiiMw0gcuJxXxygZn1uYjFfdcJrMKbkTkxHpJ_B_ddmHHIsm1WXGy2RUXfk2pm9-LY6uqX4QyZ1dUNvTt4wpt9BsQcvRfxjM90xGnUZhaWi0oC8oRaEOTypleCmcQCAcavkzgAploOVGEgz4bov2Z8SjCKA A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Middlesbrough Football Club ### Is Middlesbrough Football Club a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Middlesbrough Football Club in Darlington 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 Middlesbrough Football Club sponsor? Middlesbrough Football Club is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Middlesbrough Football Club based? The register lists Middlesbrough Football Club at Darlington. 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. 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/middlesbrough-football-club-darlington-715201 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/middlesbrough-football-club-darlington-715201.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.