--- title: "Tranmere Rovers Football Club: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/tranmere-rovers-football-club-birkenhead-747200 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 --- # Tranmere Rovers Football Club: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Tranmere Rovers Football Club (Companies House 00118587, Birkenhead) 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 22 December 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; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 22 December 2021 - Legal name: TRANMERE ROVERS FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Birkenhead - Registered address: Prenton Park, Prenton Road West, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 9PY - Companies House number: 00118587 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00118587) - Website: https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk - 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/tranmere-rovers-football-club-birkenhead-747200 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 61 licensed sponsors in Birkenhead: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/birkenhead - 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 10 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 25 Aug 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 Aug 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 Mar 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 23 Mar 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. - 16 May 2025: New director appointed: THOMPSON, Alan Michael. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 25 Feb 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 25 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. - 30 Sep 2024: Secretary resigned: ROBINSON, Matthew. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 30 Sep 2024: New secretary appointed: CLAYTON, Greg Leslie. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 6 Sep 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 6 Sep 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. - 14 Jun 2023: New secretary appointed: ROBINSON, Matthew. Company secretary change recorded on 14 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. - 14 Apr 2023: Secretary resigned: JONES, Jonathan. 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. - 4 Jan 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 4 Jan 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. 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 Tranmere Rovers Football Club ### Is Tranmere Rovers Football Club a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Tranmere Rovers Football Club in Birkenhead 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 Tranmere Rovers Football Club sponsor? Tranmere Rovers Football Club is licensed for International Sportsperson and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Tranmere Rovers Football Club based? The register lists Tranmere Rovers Football Club at Prenton Park, Prenton Road West, Birkenhead, Merseyside, CH42 9PY. 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 00118587. 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/tranmere-rovers-football-club-birkenhead-747200 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/tranmere-rovers-football-club-birkenhead-747200.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.