--- title: "Living Optics Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/living-optics-limited-oxford-710071 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 --- # Living Optics Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Living Optics Limited (Companies House 12361188, Oxford) 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 29 September 2020 (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: 29 September 2020 - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Oxford - Registered address: Oxford Centre For Innovation, New Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX1 1BY - Companies House number: 12361188 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12361188) - Website: https://www.livingoptics.com/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/livingoptics/ - 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/living-optics-limited-oxford-710071 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 629 licensed sponsors in Oxford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/oxford - One of 8,077 in Manufacturing & Industrial: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/manufacturing-industrial - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 40 changes worth checking, checked 1 November 2026, newest first: - 1 Oct 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Oct 2026. 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. - 13 Aug 2026: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 13 Aug 2026. 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. - 18 Mar 2026: New corporate-secretary appointed: AMBA SECRETARIES LIMITED. Company secretary change recorded on 18 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. - 6 Mar 2026: Director resigned: MCKINNON, Alexander Wilson, Dr. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 20 Feb 2026: Director resigned: HARMAN, Sam Aleksander. Director change recorded on 20 Feb 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. - 20 Feb 2026: New director appointed: MYERS, Matthew Dean. Director change recorded on 20 Feb 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. - 20 Feb 2026: New director appointed: LAM, David Jekit. Director change recorded on 20 Feb 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. - 15 Feb 2026: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 15 Feb 2026. 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. - 14 Feb 2026: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 14 Feb 2026. 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. - 10 Feb 2026: Class of shares re-designated. Share capital filing recorded on 10 Feb 2026. 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. - 9 Feb 2026: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 9 Feb 2026. 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. - 19 Nov 2025: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 19 Nov 2025. 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. - 31 Mar 2025: New person with significant control: Oxford Science Enterprises Holdings Limited. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 31 Mar 2025: Cessation of Oxford Science Enterprises Plc as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 19 Feb 2025: New director appointed: HARMAN, Sam Aleksander. Director change recorded on 19 Feb 2025. 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. - 16 Sep 2024: Director resigned: GRAHAM, James. Director change recorded on 16 Sep 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. - 20 Aug 2024: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 20 Aug 2024. 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. - 1 Mar 2024: New director appointed: GRAHAM, James. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 29 Feb 2024: Director resigned: FIENNES, Martin Guy. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 21 Feb 2024: New director appointed: SINGH, Ramesh. Director change recorded on 21 Feb 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. - 20 Jun 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 20 Jun 2023. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 20 Mar 2023: New director appointed: MCKINNON, Alexander Wilson, Dr. Director change recorded on 20 Mar 2023. 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. - 16 Feb 2023: Director resigned: REICH, Zoe Olivia Russell. Director change recorded on 16 Feb 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. - 1 Feb 2023: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 1 Feb 2023. 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. - 5 Oct 2022: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 5 Oct 2022. 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 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 Living Optics Limited ### Is Living Optics Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Living Optics Limited in Oxford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Living Optics Limited sponsor? Living Optics Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Living Optics Limited based? The register lists Living Optics Limited at Oxford Centre For Innovation, New Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX1 1BY. 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 12361188. 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/living-optics-limited-oxford-710071 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/living-optics-limited-oxford-710071.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? 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