--- title: "The Spartans Football Club: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-spartans-football-club-edinburgh-710096 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 Spartans Football Club: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Spartans Football Club (trading as Spartans FC; Companies House SC667734; Edinburgh) 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 9 April 2021 (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: 9 April 2021 - Trading as: Spartans FC - Legal name: THE SPARTANS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED - Also known as: The Spartans Community Football Academy - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Edinburgh - Registered address: Ainslie Park, 94 Pilton Drive, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH5 2HF - Companies House number: SC667734 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC667734) - Website: https://spartansfc.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/the-spartans-football-club-edinburgh-710096 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,178 licensed sponsors in Edinburgh: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/edinburgh - 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 16 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 28 Jan 2026: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 28 Jan 2026. 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. - 23 Jan 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 23 Jan 2026. 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. - 12 Feb 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 12 Feb 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. - 8 Oct 2024: New director appointed: DOTSON, William Joseph. Director change recorded on 8 Oct 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. - 5 Sep 2022: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 5 Sep 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. - 21 Sep 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 21 Sep 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. - 29 Jul 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 29 Jul 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. - 8 Jul 2021: New director appointed: DAVIDSON, Scott. Director change recorded on 8 Jul 2021. 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 2021: Company name changed, now trading as "THE SPARTANS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED". Company name change recorded on 30 Jun 2021. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 18 Jun 2021: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 18 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. - 15 Jun 2021: New person with significant control: Mr Scott Davidson. Change to people with significant control recorded on 15 Jun 2021. 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 May 2021: Cessation of The Spartans Community Football Academy as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 May 2021. 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 May 2021: New director appointed: MCCABE, John. Director change recorded on 10 May 2021. 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 May 2021: New director appointed: BOYES, Keith Charles. Director change recorded on 10 May 2021. 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 May 2021: New director appointed: ETTLES, Kenneth John. Director change recorded on 10 May 2021. 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 May 2021: New director appointed: MURRAY, Findlay Wallace. Director change recorded on 10 May 2021. 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. 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 Spartans Football Club ### Is The Spartans Football Club a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Spartans Football Club in Edinburgh is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Spartans Football Club sponsor? The Spartans Football Club is licensed for International Sportsperson. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Spartans Football Club based? The register lists The Spartans Football Club at Ainslie Park, 94 Pilton Drive, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH5 2HF. 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 SC667734. 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-spartans-football-club-edinburgh-710096 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-spartans-football-club-edinburgh-710096.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.