--- title: "Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wakefield-thornes-cricket-club-wakefield-769667 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 --- # Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club (Companies House 09549145, Wakefield) 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 March 2022 (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 March 2022 - Industry: Hospitality & Food Service - Town: Wakefield - Registered address: Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club Field Lane, Thornes, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 7RT - Companies House number: 09549145 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09549145) - Website: https://wakefieldthornes.play-cricket.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/wakefield-thornes-cricket-club-wakefield-769667 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 172 licensed sponsors in Wakefield: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/wakefield - 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 4 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 7 Mar 2022: New director appointed: WADSWORTH, Gregory Thomas. Director change recorded on 7 Mar 2022. 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. - 7 Mar 2022: New director appointed: STEPHENSON, Robert Alexander. Director change recorded on 7 Mar 2022. 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. - 7 Mar 2022: New director appointed: COOK, Joseph David. Director change recorded on 7 Mar 2022. 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. - 7 Mar 2022: New director appointed: THOMSON, Adrian James. Director change recorded on 7 Mar 2022. 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 Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club ### Is Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club in Wakefield is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club sponsor? Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club is licensed for International Sportsperson. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club based? The register lists Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club at Wakefield Thornes Cricket Club Field Lane, Thornes, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 7RT. 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 09549145. 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/wakefield-thornes-cricket-club-wakefield-769667 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wakefield-thornes-cricket-club-wakefield-769667.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.