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Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from Smethwick, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageAlum Optical Ltd T/a Hawthorns Eyecare is a private limited company (Companies House number 10440759), incorporated in October 2016, with its registered office in Smethwick. Companies House lists its business as retail sale by opticians. It is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route with an A rating. It was first seen on the register in January 2024. We have no copy of the register for the time before that, so it may have been listed earlier.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 22 Oct 2026.
First seen on the register in January 2024. We have no copy of the register for the time before that, so it may have been listed earlier. No changes to its licence since then.
We have no copy of the register between June 2024 and January 2025, so changes in that time show as a range.
Built by comparing daily copies of the Home Office register from January 2023.
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Yes. Alum Optical Ltd T/a Hawthorns Eyecare is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker route. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists Alum Optical Ltd T/a Hawthorns Eyecare for one route: Skilled Worker (A rating).
Alum Optical Ltd T/a Hawthorns Eyecare was first seen on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors in January 2024. We have no copy of the register for the time before that, so it may have been listed earlier.
Alum Optical Ltd T/a Hawthorns Eyecare is registered with Companies House under company number 10440759, with its registered office in Smethwick.
The register lists Alum Optical Ltd T/a Hawthorns Eyecare with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Companies House lists Alum Optical Ltd T/a Hawthorns Eyecare under retail sale by opticians.
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