--- title: "The Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-blackburn-rovers-football-and-athletic-limited-blackburn-772686 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 --- # The Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Limited (Blackburn) 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 19 December 2015 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 19 December 2015 - Legal name: THE BLACKBURN ROVERS FOOTBALL AND ATHLETIC LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Blackburn - Companies House number: 00053482 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00053482) - Website: https://www.rovers.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackburn-rovers-football-club/ - 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/the-blackburn-rovers-football-and-athletic-limited-blackburn-772686 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 316 licensed sponsors in Blackburn: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/blackburn - 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 15 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Jul 2026: New director appointed: CURWOOD, Steven. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 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. - 14 Dec 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 14 Dec 2025. 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. - 28 Oct 2025: Director resigned: WAGGOTT, Steven. Director change recorded on 28 Oct 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 Apr 2024: Secretary resigned: SILVESTER, Ian David. Company secretary change recorded on 4 Apr 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. - 31 Mar 2024: Director resigned: CHESTON, Michael Anthony. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 12 Sep 2023: New director appointed: MANDAVA, Sreenivasa Rao. Director change recorded on 12 Sep 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 Jun 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 28 Jun 2023. 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. - 9 Jun 2023: New director appointed: BHAGWAT, Rohan. Director change recorded on 9 Jun 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: BHAGWAT, Rohan. 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 Jun 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 28 Jun 2021. 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. - 5 Jan 2018: New director appointed: WAGGOTT, Steven. Director change recorded on 5 Jan 2018. 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. - 11 May 2016: Director resigned: SHAW, Derek. Director change recorded on 11 May 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. - 25 Apr 2016: Director resigned: MYERS, Alan David. Director change recorded on 25 Apr 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Venkys London 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. - 22 Dec 2015: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Dec 2015. 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 The Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Limited ### Is The Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Limited in Blackburn is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Limited sponsor? The Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Limited is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Limited based? The register lists The Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Limited at Blackburn. 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. 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/the-blackburn-rovers-football-and-athletic-limited-blackburn-772686 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-blackburn-rovers-football-and-athletic-limited-blackburn-772686.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.