--- title: "Hastings Visionplus Limited TA Hastings Specsavers Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hastings-visionplus-limited-ta-hastings-specsavers-ltd-hastings-773884 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 --- # Hastings Visionplus Limited TA Hastings Specsavers Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hastings Visionplus Limited TA Hastings Specsavers Ltd (Hastings) 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 7 July 2014 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 7 July 2014 - Legal name: Hastings Visionplus Limited - Also known as: SPECSAVERS OPTICIANS - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Hastings - Companies House number: 04994070 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04994070) - 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/hastings-visionplus-limited-ta-hastings-specsavers-ltd-hastings-773884 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 45 licensed sponsors in Hastings: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hastings - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 9 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 7 Oct 2026: Corporate-nominee-director resigned: SPECSAVERS OPTICAL GROUP LIMITED. Director change recorded on 7 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 4 Nov 2026. - 7 Oct 2026: New corporate-director appointed: SPECSAVERS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED. Director change recorded on 7 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 4 Nov 2026. - 18 Dec 2018: Cessation of Mr Douglas John David Perkins as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Dec 2018. 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. - 18 Dec 2018: Cessation of Mrs Mary Lesley Perkins as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 18 Dec 2018. 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. - 18 Dec 2017: Notification of Hastings Specsavers Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 18 Dec 2017. 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. - 17 Dec 2017: Cessation of Mr Robert John Lofting as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 17 Dec 2017. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Mr Douglas John David Perkins as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: Notification of Mrs Mary Lesley Perkins as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Robert John Lofting. Change to people with significant control recorded on 6 Apr 2016. 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. 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 Hastings Visionplus Limited TA Hastings Specsavers Ltd ### Is Hastings Visionplus Limited TA Hastings Specsavers Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hastings Visionplus Limited TA Hastings Specsavers Ltd in Hastings is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Hastings Visionplus Limited TA Hastings Specsavers Ltd sponsor? Hastings Visionplus Limited TA Hastings Specsavers Ltd is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Hastings Visionplus Limited TA Hastings Specsavers Ltd based? The register lists Hastings Visionplus Limited TA Hastings Specsavers Ltd at Hastings. 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. 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/hastings-visionplus-limited-ta-hastings-specsavers-ltd-hastings-773884 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hastings-visionplus-limited-ta-hastings-specsavers-ltd-hastings-773884.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.