--- title: "CooperVision Manufacturing Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/coopervision-manufacturing-limited-fareham-783779 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 --- # CooperVision Manufacturing Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, CooperVision Manufacturing Limited (trading as CooperVision Contact Lenses; Companies House 02737396; Fareham) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since at least 4 August 2013 (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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: CooperVision Contact Lenses - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Fareham - Registered address: Delta Park, Concorde Way, Segensworth North, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5RL - Companies House number: 02737396 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02737396) - Website: https://coopervision.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/coopervision-manufacturing-limited-fareham-783779 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 129 licensed sponsors in Fareham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/fareham - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 35 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 29 Sep 2026: Director resigned: MATHIESON, Stephen. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 29 Sep 2026: Director resigned: RICUPATI, Agostino. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 29 Sep 2026: Director resigned: CHESHIRE, Richard Michael. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 29 Sep 2026: Director resigned: ANDREWS, Brian George. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 29 Sep 2026: New director appointed: GOOD, Michael John. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 2026. 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. - 29 Sep 2026: New director appointed: PENFOLD, Nigel Anton. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 2026. 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. - 29 Sep 2026: New director appointed: ENGLISH, Stephen. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 2026. 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. - 29 Sep 2026: New director appointed: BURDEN, Jason John. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 2026. 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. - 29 Sep 2026: New director appointed: JACKSON, David Samuel. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 2026. 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. - 31 Oct 2025: Notification of Coopervision International Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 31 Oct 2025. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed within 20 working days. - 31 Oct 2025: Cessation of Coopervision (Uk) Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Oct 2025. 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. - 14 Feb 2024: Director resigned: HARTY, Mark Stephen. Director change recorded on 14 Feb 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. - 29 Apr 2020: Director resigned: BARRETT, Kevin Paul. Director change recorded on 29 Apr 2020. 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. - 29 Apr 2020: Director resigned: GOLDEN, Randal Louis. Director change recorded on 29 Apr 2020. 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. - 18 Feb 2020: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 18 Feb 2020. 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 Jan 2019: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 15 Jan 2019. 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. - 6 Nov 2018: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 6 Nov 2018. 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. - 26 Oct 2018: Statement of capital filed (capital structure changed). Share capital filing recorded on 26 Oct 2018. 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. - 28 Aug 2018: Director resigned: KAUFMAN, Carol Rose. Director change recorded on 28 Aug 2018. 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. - 12 Jul 2018: New director appointed: ANDREWS, Brian George. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 2018. 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. - 12 Jul 2018: New director appointed: GOLDEN, Randal Louis. Director change recorded on 12 Jul 2018. 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 2018: Director resigned: MARKHAM, Geoffrey Thomas. Director change recorded on 30 Jun 2018. 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. - 2 Oct 2017: New director appointed: RICUPATI, Agostino. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 2017. 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. - 2 Oct 2017: New director appointed: CHESHIRE, Richard Michael. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 2017. 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. - 2 Oct 2017: Director resigned: III, Albert George White. Director change recorded on 2 Oct 2017. 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. - + 10 earlier changes on the web page 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 CooperVision Manufacturing Limited ### Is CooperVision Manufacturing Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. CooperVision Manufacturing Limited in Fareham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and has been since at least 2013. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can CooperVision Manufacturing Limited sponsor? CooperVision Manufacturing Limited is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is CooperVision Manufacturing Limited based? The register lists CooperVision Manufacturing Limited at Delta Park, Concorde Way, Segensworth North, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5RL. 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 02737396. 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/coopervision-manufacturing-limited-fareham-783779 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/coopervision-manufacturing-limited-fareham-783779.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.