The register
Sportfive, Altrincham, holds a Home Office sponsor licence covering 2 routes: Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker. It has been on the register since at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Sportfive UK Ltd, number 03599986, incorporated 1998: 28 years of filings behind the name. The registered office is at Second Floor, Foundation, 2 George Street, Altrincham, WA14 1SG, WA14 1SG. By its SIC codes the business is in professional and technical services. It has traded under other names before, including Lagardere Sports UK Ltd, Sportfive Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Sportfive the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.