--- title: "Walworth Road Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/walworth-road-visionplus-ltd-t-a-specsavers-opticians-london-690783 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 --- # Walworth Road Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Walworth Road Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians (Companies House 05452156, London) 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 8 December 2015 (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: 8 December 2015 - Legal name: Walworth Road Visionplus Ltd - Industry: Healthcare - Town: London - Registered address: Forum 6, Parkway, Solent Business Park Whiteley, Fareham, PO15 7PA - Companies House number: 05452156 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05452156) - 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/walworth-road-visionplus-ltd-t-a-specsavers-opticians-london-690783 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36,683 licensed sponsors in London: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/london - 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 16 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 12 Oct 2026: Corporate-nominee-director resigned: SPECSAVERS OPTICAL GROUP LIMITED. Director change recorded on 12 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 9 Nov 2026. - 12 Oct 2026: New corporate-director appointed: SPECSAVERS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED. Director change recorded on 12 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 9 Nov 2026. - 30 Sep 2026: Director resigned: RUPARELIA, Kunal Nailesh. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 30 Sep 2026: New director appointed: LOOMBA, Akshay. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 31 Jul 2019: Notification of Specsavers Uk Holdings Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 31 Jul 2019. 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 Jul 2019: New director appointed: RUPARELIA, Kunal Nailesh. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 31 Jul 2019: Director resigned: SHAH, Suraj. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 31 Jul 2019: New director appointed: PERKINS, Douglas John David. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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 Mar 2019: Director resigned: PARKER, Nigel David. Director change recorded on 29 Mar 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. - 29 Mar 2019: Director resigned: RADIA, Radhika Meera. Director change recorded on 29 Mar 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. - 29 Mar 2019: New director appointed: KOTECHA, Ravi Prakash. Director change recorded on 29 Mar 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. - 10 May 2018: Notification of Walworth Road Specsavers Limited as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 10 May 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. - 10 May 2018: Cessation of Mr Douglas John David Perkins as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 May 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. - 10 May 2018: Cessation of Mrs Mary Lesley Perkins as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 10 May 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. - 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. 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 Walworth Road Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians ### Is Walworth Road Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Walworth Road Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians in London is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2015. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Walworth Road Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians sponsor? Walworth Road Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Walworth Road Visionplus Ltd T/A Specsavers Opticians based? The register lists Walworth Road 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 05452156. 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/walworth-road-visionplus-ltd-t-a-specsavers-opticians-london-690783 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/walworth-road-visionplus-ltd-t-a-specsavers-opticians-london-690783.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.