--- title: "SportsPro Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sportspro-limited-edinburgh-738541 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 --- # SportsPro Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, SportsPro Limited (Companies House SC753320, Edinburgh) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 24 October 2024 (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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 24 October 2024 - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Edinburgh - Registered address: 16 Rutland Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2BB - Companies House number: SC753320 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC753320) - Website: https://sports-pro.world - 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/sportspro-limited-edinburgh-738541 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,178 licensed sponsors in Edinburgh: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/edinburgh - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 11 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Aug 2026: New secretary appointed: RUSSELL, Ian. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Aug 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 May 2026: Director resigned: KIRBY, Chris. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 31 May 2026: Director resigned: RUSSELL, Ian. Director change recorded on 31 May 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. - 19 Jan 2026: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 19 Jan 2026, alongside a new majority owner or controller. If all or a controlling share of your organisation was sold, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 29 Dec 2025: Notification of Sports Global Group Plc as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 29 Dec 2025. 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. - 29 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mr Ian Russell as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 Dec 2025. 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. - 29 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mr Brian Mitchell Smillie as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 29 Dec 2025. 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. - 17 Jun 2025: New director appointed: KANE, Regina. Director change recorded on 17 Jun 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 Feb 2025: New director appointed: STEPHENSON, Christopher. Director change recorded on 1 Feb 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. - 31 Dec 2024: New director appointed: BURKE, Neil Daniel. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 26 Nov 2024: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 26 Nov 2024. No new majority owner was notified, so this is usually routine. If it did pass a controlling interest to someone new, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed 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 SportsPro Limited ### Is SportsPro Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. SportsPro Limited in Edinburgh is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2024. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can SportsPro Limited sponsor? SportsPro Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is SportsPro Limited based? The register lists SportsPro Limited at 16 Rutland Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2BB. 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 SC753320. 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/sportspro-limited-edinburgh-738541 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/sportspro-limited-edinburgh-738541.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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