--- title: "Stoke City Football Club Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stoke-city-football-club-ltd-stoke-on-trent-739967 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 --- # Stoke City Football Club Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Stoke City Football Club Ltd (Companies House 00099885, Stoke on Trent) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the 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: International Sportsperson; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: STOKE CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Stoke on Trent - Registered address: Bet365 Stadium Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, ST4 4EG - Companies House number: 00099885 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00099885) - Website: https://www.stokecityfc.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/stoke-city-football-club-ltd-stoke-on-trent-739967 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 400 licensed sponsors in Stoke on Trent: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/stoke-on-trent - 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 14 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 23 May 2025: Secretary resigned: PELLING, John David. Company secretary change recorded on 23 May 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. - 23 May 2025: New secretary appointed: HEATH, David Thomas. Company secretary change recorded on 23 May 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. - 12 Jan 2022: Cessation of Mr Anthony John Scholes as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Jan 2022. 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. - 12 Jan 2022: Director resigned: SCHOLES, Anthony John. Director change recorded on 12 Jan 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. - 10 Feb 2017: New secretary appointed: PELLING, John David. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Feb 2017. 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 2016: Secretary resigned: GOODMAN, Martin. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Dec 2016. 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. - 13 Jun 2016: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 13 Jun 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Anthony John Scholes. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Stoke City Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr John Fitzgerald Coates. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Peter Coates. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 2 Jul 2015: New director appointed: COATES, John Fitzgerald. Director change recorded on 2 Jul 2015. 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. - 15 Jun 2015: Director resigned: HUMPHREYS, Keith Ashley. Director change recorded on 15 Jun 2015. 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. - 17 Dec 2013: Director resigned: RAWLINS, Philip. Director change recorded on 17 Dec 2013. 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 Stoke City Football Club Ltd ### Is Stoke City Football Club Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Stoke City Football Club Ltd in Stoke on Trent 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 Stoke City Football Club Ltd sponsor? Stoke City Football Club Ltd is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Stoke City Football Club Ltd based? The register lists Stoke City Football Club Ltd at Bet365 Stadium Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, ST4 4EG. 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 00099885. 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/stoke-city-football-club-ltd-stoke-on-trent-739967 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stoke-city-football-club-ltd-stoke-on-trent-739967.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.