Don’t Wait for a Visit to Find out you're at Risk
Here are 10 of the most common compliance failures that could lead to licence suspension or revocation — based on real audits across UK sponsor licence holders.
What the Numbers Say About Compliance Failures
We've analysed hundreds of audit findings to uncover where businesses fall short — and how often. These charts show the most frequent and complex compliance risks facing UK sponsors today.
Sponsor Compliance Dashboard
Comprehensive analysis of sponsor compliance areas and issue patterns. Data-driven insights to optimize your compliance strategy.
Distribution of issue types across all compliance areas based on real audit findings
Areas ranked by number of associated issues
Key statistics from recent sponsor compliance audit reports
Affects 12 compliance areas
Affects 11 compliance areas
Affects 11 compliance areas
Affects 10 compliance areas
Affects 9 compliance areas
Affects 9 compliance areas
Affects 9 compliance areas
Affects 8 compliance areas
Affects 8 compliance areas
Affects 8 compliance areas
Affects 7 compliance areas
Affects 6 compliance areas
Affects 5 compliance areas
Affects 3 compliance areas
Affects 2 compliance areas
Affects 1 compliance areas
Interactive visualization showing relationships between compliance areas and issue types based on audit findings
- Red areas indicate confirmed breaches from audit reports
- Blue areas indicate no breach identified in current audits
- Each row represents a compliance area, each column an issue type
- Use this to identify patterns and prioritize compliance efforts
- Critical insight: No organization achieved full compliance in any area
100% of audited organizations failed to achieve full compliance in any area, indicating systematic issues across the sector.
100% of audited organizations failed to achieve full compliance in any area, indicating systematic issues across the sector.
100% of audited organizations failed to achieve full compliance in any area, indicating systematic issues across the sector.
100% of audited organizations failed to achieve full compliance in any area, indicating systematic issues across the sector.
Conduct comprehensive review and correction of all sponsored worker salaries to prevent license revocation.
Implement comprehensive document management system to ensure all required records are maintained.
Strengthen recruitment processes with proper skills verification and genuine vacancy assessment.
Ensure business financial capacity aligns with sponsored worker obligations to avoid license suspension.
Implement comprehensive training on sponsor duties and compliance requirements for all relevant staff.
Underpayment or irregular salary payments to sponsored workers
Missing documentation, incomplete records, or poor document management
Inadequate assessment of worker qualifications and experience
Insufficient financial resources to support sponsored worker obligations
Workers not meeting contracted hour requirements consistently
Inadequate genuine vacancy verification or recruitment practices
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Full review of all compliance areas and identification of potential breaches
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How We Get You from Risk to Compliance Confidence
With our 3-step process, we uncover your risks, fix every failure, and build systems that keep your licence protected and audit-ready.
Our 3-Step Sponsor Compliance Process
We ensure your sponsor licence remains secure through our proven methodology
We Audit your Entire
Operation
Comprehensive review of all sponsor duties and compliance areas
We Pinpoint every Breach with a Detailed, Actionable Report
Identify all compliance failures with detailed actionable reports
We Build Compliance that Lasts with a Tailored Action Plan
Implement systems and training for sustainable compliance
