--- title: "Newport Association Football Club Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/newport-association-football-club-limited-newport-719039 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 --- # Newport Association Football Club Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Newport Association Football Club Limited (Companies House 02395863, Newport) 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 December 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: International Sportsperson - First seen on the register: 11 December 2023 - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Newport - Registered address: Rodney Parade, Rodney Road, Newport, Wales, NP19 0UU - Companies House number: 02395863 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02395863) - Website: https://www.newport-county.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newport-county-afc/mycompany/ - 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/newport-association-football-club-limited-newport-719039 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 228 licensed sponsors in Newport: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/newport - 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 11 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 5 Sep 2024: New director appointed: EVERETT, Michael Lawrence. Director change recorded on 5 Sep 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. - 2 Sep 2024: New director appointed: BARTLETT, Andrew Derrick. Director change recorded on 2 Sep 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. - 28 Jun 2024: Director resigned: MARKS, Paul. Director change recorded on 28 Jun 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. - 28 Jun 2024: Director resigned: JOHNSON, Shaun Edward. Director change recorded on 28 Jun 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. - 25 Jan 2024: New director appointed: JENKINS, Huw Morgan. Director change recorded on 25 Jan 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. - 24 Jan 2024: New person with significant control: Newport County Afc Supporters Society Limited. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Jan 2024. 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. - 24 Jan 2024: Notification of Mr Huw Morgan Jenkins as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 24 Jan 2024. 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. - 24 Jan 2024: Director resigned: HERRIN, Robert George. Director change recorded on 24 Jan 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. - 24 Jan 2024: Director resigned: EVERETT, Michael Lawrence. Director change recorded on 24 Jan 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. - 24 Jan 2024: Director resigned: MADIGAN, Peter Lewis. Director change recorded on 24 Jan 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. - 24 Jan 2024: Director resigned: CROOK, Mark Bryan. Director change recorded on 24 Jan 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. 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 Newport Association Football Club Limited ### Is Newport Association Football Club Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Newport Association Football Club Limited in Newport 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 Newport Association Football Club Limited sponsor? Newport Association Football Club Limited is licensed for International Sportsperson. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Newport Association Football Club Limited based? The register lists Newport Association Football Club Limited at Rodney Parade, Rodney Road, Newport, Wales, NP19 0UU. 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 02395863. 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/newport-association-football-club-limited-newport-719039 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/newport-association-football-club-limited-newport-719039.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.