--- title: "Sport Taekwondo UK LImited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sport-taekwondo-uk-limited-manchester-697421 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 --- # Sport Taekwondo UK LImited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Sport Taekwondo UK LImited (trading as GB Taekwondo; Companies House 04489466; Manchester) 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 30 December 2020 (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: 30 December 2020 - Trading as: GB Taekwondo - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Manchester - Registered address: Gb Taekwondo, National Taekwondo Centre Ten Acres Sports Complex, Ten Acres Lane, Manchester, United Kingdom, M40 2SP - Companies House number: 04489466 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04489466) - Website: http://www.gbtaekwondo.co.uk - 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/sport-taekwondo-uk-limited-manchester-697421 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 2,872 licensed sponsors in Manchester: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/manchester - 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: - 1 Jan 2026: New director appointed: MARSHALL, David James. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: LEAFE, Ian. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 1 Oct 2025: New director appointed: LARKIN, Joanne Sheila, Dr. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 2025. 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 Sep 2025: Director resigned: LOOSEMORE, Michael Paul, Dr. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 31 Aug 2025: Director resigned: NEWTON, Julia Jane. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 1 Aug 2025: New director appointed: HAYNES, Christopher Edward. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 2025. 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 Aug 2025: New director appointed: LOWE, Victoria Louise. Director change recorded on 1 Aug 2025. 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. - 18 Sep 2024: Director resigned: HALL, Gary Kenneth. Director change recorded on 18 Sep 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. - 5 Feb 2022: New director appointed: BUXTON, Jeremy Paul. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 4 Feb 2022: Director resigned: ARCHIBALD, Matthew William Culver. Director change recorded on 4 Feb 2022. 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 Feb 2021: Director resigned: SUTCLIFFE, Sara Jane. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 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. 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 Sport Taekwondo UK LImited ### Is Sport Taekwondo UK LImited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Sport Taekwondo UK LImited in Manchester is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Sport Taekwondo UK LImited sponsor? Sport Taekwondo UK LImited is licensed for International Sportsperson. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Sport Taekwondo UK LImited based? The register lists Sport Taekwondo UK LImited at Gb Taekwondo, National Taekwondo Centre Ten Acres Sports Complex, Ten Acres Lane, Manchester, United Kingdom, M40 2SP. 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 04489466. 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/sport-taekwondo-uk-limited-manchester-697421 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sport-taekwondo-uk-limited-manchester-697421.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.