--- title: "Nottingham Hoods Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/nottingham-hoods-limited-wilford-720111 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 --- # Nottingham Hoods Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Nottingham Hoods Limited (trading as Hoods Basketball; Companies House 10576918; Wilford) 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 18 July 2018 (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: 18 July 2018 - Trading as: Hoods Basketball - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Wilford - Registered address: 19 Sandiway, Walton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom, S40 3HG - Companies House number: 10576918 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10576918) - Website: https://www.hoodsbasketball.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/nottingham-hoods-limited-wilford-720111 ## 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 9 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 24 Apr 2026: Cessation of Mr Russell Grant Levenston as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 24 Apr 2026. 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 Apr 2026: Director resigned: LEVENSTON, Russell Grant. Director change recorded on 24 Apr 2026. 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 Feb 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 26 Feb 2025. 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. - 1 Aug 2024: New person with significant control: Mr Russell Grant Levenston. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2024: New director appointed: LEVENSTON, Russell Grant. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 14 Feb 2024: Cessation of Mr Graham Blankley as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 Feb 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. - 14 Feb 2024: Director resigned: BLANKLEY, Graham. Director change recorded on 14 Feb 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. - 14 Feb 2024: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 14 Feb 2024. 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. - 16 Nov 2018: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 16 Nov 2018. 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. 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 Nottingham Hoods Limited ### Is Nottingham Hoods Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Nottingham Hoods Limited in Wilford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Nottingham Hoods Limited sponsor? Nottingham Hoods Limited is licensed for International Sportsperson. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Nottingham Hoods Limited based? The register lists Nottingham Hoods Limited at 19 Sandiway, Walton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom, S40 3HG. 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 10576918. 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/nottingham-hoods-limited-wilford-720111 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/nottingham-hoods-limited-wilford-720111.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.