--- title: "Hove Visionplus Limited T/A Specsavers Opticians: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hove-visionplus-limited-t-a-specsavers-opticians-hove-728569 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 --- # Hove Visionplus Limited T/A Specsavers Opticians: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Hove Visionplus Limited T/A Specsavers Opticians (Companies House 03036240, Hove) 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 16 March 2016 (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: 16 March 2016 - Legal name: Hove Visionplus Limited - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Hove - Registered address: Forum 6, Parkway, Solent Business Park Whiteley, Fareham, PO15 7PA - Companies House number: 03036240 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03036240) - 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/hove-visionplus-limited-t-a-specsavers-opticians-hove-728569 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 148 licensed sponsors in Hove: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/hove - 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 14 changes worth checking, checked 26 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. - 31 Mar 2026: Director resigned: CARROLL, Paul Francis. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2026: New director appointed: EDMONDS, Giles Stuart Rutherford. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 8 Mar 2018: Notification of Specsavers Uk Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 8 Mar 2018. 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. - 8 Mar 2018: Notification of Hove Specsavers Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 8 Mar 2018. 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. - 7 Mar 2018: Cessation of Mr Charles Forshaw as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Mar 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. - 7 Mar 2018: Cessation of Mrs Mary Lesley Perkins as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Mar 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. - 7 Mar 2018: Cessation of Mr Douglas John David Perkins as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 7 Mar 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. - 31 Jan 2018: New director appointed: PERKINS, Mary Lesley. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 31 Jan 2018: New director appointed: FULLER, Adam. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 6 Apr 2016: New person with significant control: Mr Charles Forshaw. 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. - 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: 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. 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 Hove Visionplus Limited T/A Specsavers Opticians ### Is Hove Visionplus Limited T/A Specsavers Opticians a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Hove Visionplus Limited T/A Specsavers Opticians in Hove is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Hove Visionplus Limited T/A Specsavers Opticians sponsor? Hove Visionplus Limited T/A Specsavers Opticians is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Hove Visionplus Limited T/A Specsavers Opticians based? The register lists Hove Visionplus Limited T/A Specsavers Opticians at Forum 6, Parkway, Solent Business Park Whiteley, Fareham, PO15 7PA. 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 03036240. 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/hove-visionplus-limited-t-a-specsavers-opticians-hove-728569 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/hove-visionplus-limited-t-a-specsavers-opticians-hove-728569.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.