--- title: "Ipswich Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ipswich-visionplus-ltd-t-a-specsavers-opticians-ipswich-771189 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 --- # Ipswich Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Ipswich Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians (Companies House 02877773, Ipswich) 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 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: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Legal name: Ipswich Visionplus Ltd - Industry: Healthcare - Town: Ipswich - Registered address: Forum 6, Parkway, Solent Business Park Whiteley, Fareham, PO15 7PA - Companies House number: 02877773 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02877773) - 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/ipswich-visionplus-ltd-t-a-specsavers-opticians-ipswich-771189 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 228 licensed sponsors in Ipswich: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/ipswich - 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 19 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 8 Oct 2026: Corporate-nominee-director resigned: SPECSAVERS OPTICAL GROUP LIMITED. Director change recorded on 8 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 5 Nov 2026. - 8 Oct 2026: New corporate-director appointed: SPECSAVERS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED. Director change recorded on 8 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 5 Nov 2026. - 30 Jun 2022: Director resigned: TAGGART, David Mark. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 30 Jun 2022: Director resigned: PARKER, Nigel David. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 30 Jun 2022: New director appointed: HILL, Simon Andrew. Director change recorded on 30 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. - 1 Nov 2020: Notification of Specsavers Uk Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 1 Nov 2020. 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. - 29 Feb 2020: New director appointed: COOPER, Ayanna Kerry Ann. Director change recorded on 29 Feb 2020. 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 Feb 2020: New director appointed: PERKINS, John Douglas. Director change recorded on 29 Feb 2020. 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. - 13 Dec 2018: Cessation of Mr Douglas John David Perkins as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 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. - 13 Dec 2018: Cessation of Mrs Mary Lesley Perkins as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 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. - 13 Dec 2018: Cessation of Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 13 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. - 13 Dec 2017: Notification of Ipswich Specsavers Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 13 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. - 31 Aug 2017: New director appointed: PERKINS, Douglas John David. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2017: New director appointed: COE, Kelly Ann. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 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: Notification of Specsavers Optical Superstores Ltd 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. - 30 Sep 2015: Director resigned: PERKINS, Douglas John David. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2015. 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 Sep 2015: New director appointed: TYE, Ming Ming. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2015. 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. 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 Ipswich Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians ### Is Ipswich Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Ipswich Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians in Ipswich 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 Ipswich Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians sponsor? Ipswich Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Ipswich Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians based? The register lists Ipswich Visionplus Ltd 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 02877773. 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/ipswich-visionplus-ltd-t-a-specsavers-opticians-ipswich-771189 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/ipswich-visionplus-ltd-t-a-specsavers-opticians-ipswich-771189.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.