--- title: "The Reading Football Club Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-reading-football-club-limited-reading-775295 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 Reading Football Club Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Reading Football Club Limited (Companies House 00053703, Reading) 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 18 October 2014 (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: 18 October 2014 - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Reading - Registered address: Select Car Leasing Stadium, Junction 11, M4, Reading, England, RG2 0FL - Companies House number: 00053703 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00053703) - Website: https://www.readingfc.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reading-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-reading-football-club-limited-reading-775295 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 912 licensed sponsors in Reading: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/reading - 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 38 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Jul 2025: New secretary appointed: BOYCE, Crispin John. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Jul 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 Jun 2025: Secretary resigned: ODELL, Graham Peter. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Jun 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. - 14 May 2025: Notification of Redwood Holdings 1 Ltd as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 14 May 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. - 14 May 2025: Cessation of Renhe Sports Management Ltd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 14 May 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. - 14 May 2025: Director resigned: PANG, Dayong. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 May 2025: Director resigned: DAI, Yongge. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 May 2025: Director resigned: HAWKEN, Xiu Li. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 May 2025: Director resigned: NIRUTTINANON, Narin. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 May 2025: New director appointed: TROSCLAIR, Todd Patrick. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 May 2025: New director appointed: LUNDBERG, Alec. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 14 May 2025: New director appointed: COUHIG, Robert Emmet. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 15 Jun 2023: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 15 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. - 8 Jun 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 8 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. - 19 Apr 2023: New secretary appointed: ODELL, Graham Peter. Company secretary change recorded on 19 Apr 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. - 14 Apr 2023: Secretary resigned: STABLER, Bryan. Company secretary change recorded on 14 Apr 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. - 1 Jul 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Jul 2022. 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. - 20 Jul 2021: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 Jul 2021. 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 Jul 2021: Director resigned: HOWE, Nigel. Director change recorded on 6 Jul 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. - 19 Mar 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Mar 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. - 15 Oct 2020: New director appointed: PANG, Dayong. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 2020. 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. - 2 Jul 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 2 Jul 2020. 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. - 7 Mar 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 7 Mar 2019. 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. - 14 Nov 2018: Director resigned: GOURLAY, Ronald. Director change recorded on 14 Nov 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. - 22 Sep 2017: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Sep 2017. 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. - 8 Aug 2017: Director resigned: MADEJSKI, Robert John, Sir. Director change recorded on 8 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. - + 13 earlier changes on the web page 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 Reading Football Club Limited ### Is The Reading Football Club Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Reading Football Club Limited in Reading is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Reading Football Club Limited sponsor? The Reading Football Club Limited is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Reading Football Club Limited based? The register lists The Reading Football Club Limited at Select Car Leasing Stadium, Junction 11, M4, Reading, England, RG2 0FL. 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 00053703. 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-reading-football-club-limited-reading-775295 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-reading-football-club-limited-reading-775295.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.