--- title: "Southampton Football Club: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/southampton-football-club-southampton-772205 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 --- # Southampton Football Club: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Southampton Football Club (trading as Southampton FC; Companies House 00053301; Southampton) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, 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 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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; International Sportsperson; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: Southampton FC - Legal name: SOUTHAMPTON FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: SOUTHAMPTON - Registered address: St Mary's Stadium, Britannia Road, Southampton, SO14 5FP - Companies House number: 00053301 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00053301) - Website: https://www.southamptonfc.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/southampton-football-club-southampton-772205 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 573 licensed sponsors in Southampton: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/southampton - One of 15,171 in Hospitality & Food Service: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/hospitality-food-service - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 47 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 15 Sep 2026: Director resigned: ANKERSEN, Rasmus Frokiaer. Director change recorded on 15 Sep 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. - 22 Apr 2026: Director resigned: BOEGLI, Rolf. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 22 Apr 2026: New director appointed: LIEBHERR, Katharina Maria Mathilde. Director change recorded on 22 Apr 2026. 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. - 23 Feb 2026: Secretary resigned: GREENWELL, Tim. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Feb 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. - 23 Feb 2026: New secretary appointed: DICK, Katrina. Company secretary change recorded on 23 Feb 2026. 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 Feb 2025: Director resigned: KRAFT, Henrik Juel. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 4 Oct 2023: Director resigned: STEELE, Toby Andrew Murray. Director change recorded on 4 Oct 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. - 1 Jul 2023: New director appointed: YOUNG, Andrew Timothy. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 1 Jul 2023: New director appointed: PARSONS, Philip John Samuel. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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 Jun 2023: Director resigned: SEMMENS, Martin. Director change recorded on 9 Jun 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. - 28 May 2023: New director appointed: BOEGLI, Rolf. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 28 May 2023: Director resigned: GREENWELL, Timothy. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 28 May 2023: Director resigned: CROCKER, Matthew. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 28 May 2023: Director resigned: BUTLER, Michelle. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 27 Jan 2023: Director resigned: THOMAS, David. Director change recorded on 27 Jan 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 Feb 2022: New director appointed: ANKERSEN, Rasmus Frokiaer. Director change recorded on 9 Feb 2022. 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 Feb 2022: New director appointed: GREENWELL, Timothy. Director change recorded on 9 Feb 2022. 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 Feb 2022: New director appointed: CROCKER, Matthew. Director change recorded on 9 Feb 2022. 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 Feb 2022: New director appointed: BUTLER, Michelle. Director change recorded on 9 Feb 2022. 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 Dec 2021: New director appointed: KRAFT, Henrik Juel. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 22 Dec 2021: Director resigned: GAO, Jingna. Director change recorded on 22 Dec 2021. 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. - 22 Dec 2021: Director resigned: GAO, Jisheng. Director change recorded on 22 Dec 2021. 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. - 22 Dec 2021: New director appointed: SOLAK, Dragan. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 30 Jun 2019: Director resigned: KRUEGER, Ralph. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 2019. 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 Jun 2019: New director appointed: GAO, Jingna. Director change recorded on 25 Jun 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. - + 22 earlier changes on the web page 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 Southampton Football Club ### Is Southampton Football Club a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Southampton Football Club in SOUTHAMPTON 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 Southampton Football Club sponsor? Southampton Football Club is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Southampton Football Club based? The register lists Southampton Football Club at St Mary's Stadium, Britannia Road, Southampton, SO14 5FP. 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 00053301. 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/southampton-football-club-southampton-772205 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/southampton-football-club-southampton-772205.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.