--- title: "Vision Express (UK) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/vision-express-uk-ltd-nottingham-768253 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 --- # Vision Express (UK) Ltd: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Vision Express (UK) Ltd (trading as VISION EXPRESS OPTICAL LAB; Companies House 02189907; Nottingham) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker routes, 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: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 4 August 2013 or earlier - Trading as: VISION EXPRESS OPTICAL LAB - Legal name: VISION EXPRESS (UK) LIMITED - Industry: Retail & E-commerce - Town: Nottingham - Registered address: Ruddington Fields Business Park Mere Way, Ruddington, Nottingham, NG11 6NZ - Companies House number: 02189907 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02189907) - 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/vision-express-uk-ltd-nottingham-768253 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 1,054 licensed sponsors in Nottingham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/nottingham - One of 17,329 in Retail & E-commerce: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/retail-ecommerce - Among 10,782 Global Business Mobility sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/global-business-mobility ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 30 changes worth checking, checked 27 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Mar 2025: New corporate-director appointed: VISION EXPRESS GROUP LIMITED. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 28 Feb 2025: Director resigned: WORBOYS, Steven. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2025. 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. - 28 Feb 2025: Director resigned: COTON, Nicholas David. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2025. 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. - 28 Feb 2025: Director resigned: LAWSON, Jonathan Mark. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2025. 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. - 28 Feb 2025: Director resigned: ALLAN, Ranald George. Director change recorded on 28 Feb 2025. 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 Jan 2025: New director appointed: WORBOYS, Steven. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Director resigned: KÖKSAL, Onur. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 5 Dec 2024: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 5 Dec 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. - 22 May 2024: Share capital filing. Share capital filing recorded on 22 May 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. - 13 Jul 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 13 Jul 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. - 12 Jul 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 12 Jul 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. - 1 Dec 2019: New director appointed: MCGHEE, Daniel. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 29 Apr 2019: New director appointed: COTON, Nicholas David. Director change recorded on 29 Apr 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. - 24 Apr 2019: Secretary resigned: ALLEN, Nicholas Dermott Vance. Company secretary change recorded on 24 Apr 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. - 1 Nov 2018: New director appointed: KÖKSAL, Onur. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 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. - 1 Nov 2018: Director resigned: LAWSON, Jonathan Robert. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 2018. 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 Nov 2018: Director resigned: LAWSON, Jonathan Mark. Director change recorded on 1 Nov 2018. 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. - 9 Apr 2018: New secretary appointed: ALLEN, Nicholas Dermott Vance. Company secretary change recorded on 9 Apr 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. - 9 Apr 2018: Secretary resigned: HOPE, Simon Richard. Company secretary change recorded on 9 Apr 2018. 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. - 22 Dec 2017: New shares issued (allotment). Share capital filing recorded on 22 Dec 2017. 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 Oct 2017: New director appointed: LAWSON, Jonathan Mark. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 1 Oct 2017: New director appointed: ALLAN, Ranald George. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 1 Oct 2017: New director appointed: HOPE, Simon Richard. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 1 Oct 2017: New director appointed: HYDE, Philip Martin. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 30 Sep 2017: Director resigned: HASSAN, Omar. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 2017. 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 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 207 live vacancies tracked for this employer (507 tracked all-time), harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched by employer name. - Retail Optical Assistant · YO241LW · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/retail-optical-assistant/57474003 - Retail Optical Assistant · Guildford · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/retail-optical-assistant/57489157 - Retail Optical Assistant · NR13DD · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/retail-optical-assistant/57473997 - Retail Optical Assistant · TW184QB · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/retail-optical-assistant/57489198 - Optometrist · E201EJ · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/optometrist/57474001 - Optometrist · BH77DY · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/optometrist/57473996 - Retail Optical Assistant · G536EW · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/retail-optical-assistant/57489199 - Retail Optical Assistant · L11QR · live · https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/retail-optical-assistant/57473585 All listings: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/jobs?sponsorId=768253&employer=Vision%20Express%20(UK)%20Ltd A vacancy listed here does not by itself mean the role is offered with sponsorship. Check the advert or ask the employer. ## Common questions about Vision Express (UK) Ltd ### Is Vision Express (UK) Ltd a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Vision Express (UK) Ltd in Nottingham 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 Vision Express (UK) Ltd sponsor? Vision Express (UK) Ltd is licensed for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Does Vision Express (UK) Ltd have any jobs open right now? We are currently tracking 207 live vacancies from Vision Express (UK) Ltd on UK job boards. Not every job offers sponsorship, so check the advert or ask the employer. ### Where is Vision Express (UK) Ltd based? The register lists Vision Express (UK) Ltd at Ruddington Fields Business Park Mere Way, Ruddington, Nottingham, NG11 6NZ. 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 02189907. 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/vision-express-uk-ltd-nottingham-768253 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/vision-express-uk-ltd-nottingham-768253.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.