--- title: "The Dundee United Football Company Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-dundee-united-football-company-limited-dundee-743904 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 Dundee United Football Company Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Dundee United Football Company Limited (Companies House SC013690, Dundee) 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 4 December 2015 (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: 4 December 2015 - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Dundee - Registered address: Tannadice Park, Dundee, DD3 7JW - Companies House number: SC013690 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC013690) - Website: http://www.dufc.co - 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-dundee-united-football-company-limited-dundee-743904 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 175 licensed sponsors in Dundee: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/dundee - 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 22 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 27 Jun 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 27 Jun 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. - 31 Dec 2022: Director resigned: DORWARD, David Keay. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 18 Dec 2018: Notification of Opg-4 Uk Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 18 Dec 2018. 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. - 18 Dec 2018: Cessation of Mr James Fyffe as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Dec 2018. 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. - 18 Dec 2018: Cessation of Mr James Michael Martin as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Dec 2018. 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. - 18 Dec 2018: Director resigned: MARTIN, James Michael. Director change recorded on 18 Dec 2018. 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. - 18 Dec 2018: New director appointed: OGREN, Scott. Director change recorded on 18 Dec 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. - 18 Dec 2018: New director appointed: OGREN, Mark Joseph. Director change recorded on 18 Dec 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. - 12 Jul 2018: New person with significant control: Mr James Fyffe. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Jul 2018. 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 Jul 2018: Cessation of Mr Stephen Edward Thompson as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Jul 2018. 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. - 18 Jun 2018: Secretary resigned: MCFARLANE, Kevin. Company secretary change recorded on 18 Jun 2018. 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. - 2 Mar 2018: Director resigned: THOMPSON, Stephen Edward. Director change recorded on 2 Mar 2018. 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. - 15 Dec 2017: New director appointed: DORWARD, David Keay. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 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. - 15 Dec 2017: New director appointed: FYFFE, James. Director change recorded on 15 Dec 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. - 27 Nov 2017: Director resigned: MCGRORY, David Alexander. Director change recorded on 27 Nov 2017. 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 Oct 2017: New person with significant control: Mr James Michael Martin. Change to people with significant control recorded on 17 Oct 2017. 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. - 10 Aug 2017: New secretary appointed: MCFARLANE, Kevin. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Aug 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. - 10 Aug 2017: Secretary resigned: FRASER, Andrew Stewart. Company secretary change recorded on 10 Aug 2017. 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 May 2016: Director resigned: BENNETT, John Madden. Director change recorded on 19 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. - 12 May 2016: New shares issued (allotment): possible new shareholder. Share filing recorded on 12 May 2016, 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. - 18 Apr 2016: Director resigned: MITCHELL, Justine Elizabeth Anne. Director change recorded on 18 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 Mr Stephen Edward Thompson 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. 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 Dundee United Football Company Limited ### Is The Dundee United Football Company Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Dundee United Football Company Limited in Dundee 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 Dundee United Football Company Limited sponsor? The Dundee United Football Company Limited is licensed for International Sportsperson. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Dundee United Football Company Limited based? The register lists The Dundee United Football Company Limited at Tannadice Park, Dundee, DD3 7JW. 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 SC013690. 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-dundee-united-football-company-limited-dundee-743904 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-dundee-united-football-company-limited-dundee-743904.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.