--- title: "Nikon Optical UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/nikon-optical-uk-limited-milton-keynes-777354 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 --- # Nikon Optical UK Limited: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Nikon Optical UK Limited (Milton Keynes) 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 11 July 2019 (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: 11 July 2019 - Legal name: NIKON OPTICAL U.K. LIMITED - Industry: Manufacturing & Industrial - Town: Milton Keynes - Companies House number: 03471182 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03471182) - 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/nikon-optical-uk-limited-milton-keynes-777354 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 840 licensed sponsors in Milton Keynes: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/milton-keynes - 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 15 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 15 Oct 2024: Director resigned: MATHIEU, Ludovic. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 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. - 15 Oct 2024: Director resigned: TSUCHIDA, Takami. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 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. - 15 Oct 2024: New director appointed: KAJIWARA, Bo. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 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. - 15 Oct 2024: New director appointed: IONINE, Alexis. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 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. - 6 Feb 2024: New director appointed: FENG, Yanqiu. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 31 Jul 2023: Director resigned: ANDERSEN, Anne-Helene. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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 May 2022: New director appointed: ANDERSEN, Anne-Helene. Director change recorded on 1 May 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 May 2022: Director resigned: ILIASHIK, Irina. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. - 1 May 2022: New director appointed: MALIN, Stuart Norman. Director change recorded on 1 May 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. - 5 Apr 2021: Director resigned: DUPONT, Arnaud. Director change recorded on 5 Apr 2021. 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 Jan 2021: New director appointed: MATHIEU, Ludovic. Director change recorded on 18 Jan 2021. 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. - 18 Jan 2021: Director resigned: BARBIER, Nicolas Jaques Bernard. Director change recorded on 18 Jan 2021. 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. - 5 Dec 2019: New director appointed: ILIASHIK, Irina. Director change recorded on 5 Dec 2019. 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. - 5 Dec 2019: Director resigned: GUILLON, Anne-Laure Pauline. Director change recorded on 5 Dec 2019. 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. - 16 Sep 2019: New director appointed: MCLELLAN, Jill Elizebeth. Director change recorded on 16 Sep 2019. 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 Nikon Optical UK Limited ### Is Nikon Optical UK Limited a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Nikon Optical UK Limited in Milton Keynes is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Nikon Optical UK Limited sponsor? Nikon Optical UK Limited is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Nikon Optical UK Limited based? The register lists Nikon Optical UK Limited at Milton Keynes. 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/nikon-optical-uk-limited-milton-keynes-777354 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/nikon-optical-uk-limited-milton-keynes-777354.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.