--- title: "Association of Optometrists: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/association-of-optometrists-london-795567 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 --- # Association of Optometrists: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Association of Optometrists (Companies House 00404790, London) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 26 July 2018 (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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 26 July 2018 - Industry: Healthcare - Town: London - Registered address: 2 Woodbridge Street, London, EC1R 0DG - Companies House number: 00404790 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00404790) - Website: https://www.aop.org.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/association-of-optometrists - 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/association-of-optometrists-london-795567 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - One of 17,780 in Healthcare: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/healthcare - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 16 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 3 Jun 2026: Director resigned: LITTLE, Julie-Anne, Dr. Director change recorded on 3 Jun 2026. 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 Jan 2025: Director resigned: CHAPMAN-HATCHETT, Paul William. Director change recorded on 30 Jan 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. - 5 Jun 2024: New director appointed: CHAPMAN-HATCHETT, Paul William. Director change recorded on 5 Jun 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 Jun 2024: Director resigned: PARKES, Francesca Maria. Director change recorded on 5 Jun 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. - 5 Jun 2024: Director resigned: PATEL, Dharmesh Shashikant. Director change recorded on 5 Jun 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. - 6 Jun 2023: Director resigned: FEGAN, Michael Melvyn. Director change recorded on 6 Jun 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. - 6 Jun 2023: Director resigned: GEORGE, Michael Rhys. Director change recorded on 6 Jun 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. - 6 Jun 2023: Director resigned: NAWAZ, Fatima. Director change recorded on 6 Jun 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. - 6 Jun 2023: Director resigned: ILETT, Gordon William. Director change recorded on 6 Jun 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. - 8 Jun 2022: New director appointed: PARKES, Francesca Maria. Director change recorded on 8 Jun 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. - 8 Jun 2022: Director resigned: MAJITHIA, Tushar. Director change recorded on 8 Jun 2022. 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. - 8 Jun 2022: Director resigned: HOLMES, Jeremy Wealbund. Director change recorded on 8 Jun 2022. 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. - 9 Jun 2021: New director appointed: PATEL, Dharmesh Shashikant. Director change recorded on 9 Jun 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. - 9 Jun 2021: New director appointed: NAWAZ, Fatima. Director change recorded on 9 Jun 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. - 9 Jun 2021: Director resigned: THOMPSON, Kevin John. Director change recorded on 9 Jun 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. - 9 Jun 2021: Director resigned: BUSH, Vivian Gordon. Director change recorded on 9 Jun 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. 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 Association of Optometrists ### Is Association of Optometrists a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Association of Optometrists in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2018. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Association of Optometrists sponsor? Association of Optometrists is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Association of Optometrists based? The register lists Association of Optometrists at 2 Woodbridge Street, London, EC1R 0DG. 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 00404790. 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/association-of-optometrists-london-795567 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/association-of-optometrists-london-795567.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.