Find your compliance gaps before the Home Office does

A sponsor licence compliance audit is a full review of your sponsor duties against current Home Office guidance. A WPC HR practitioner checks your right to work records, Certificates of Sponsorship, SMS reporting, salary levels and record-keeping, then gives you a prioritised report showing what is compliant, what needs fixing, and what to do first.

During a compliance visit, UKVI officers test whether you are meeting your sponsor duties. They typically review right to work checks, reporting on the Sponsorship Management System (SMS), Certificate of Sponsorship accuracy and SOC codes, salary against the going rate, record-keeping, and your key personnel and processes. Our mock compliance audit replicates these lines of enquiry before the real visit.

Pricing is based on how many sponsored workers you have. Our Starter audit begins at £1,500 + VAT for 1 to 5 workers, the Full Mock audit is £2,500 + VAT, Comprehensive is £3,500 + VAT, and Enterprise for 20 or more workers or multi-site is priced on application. Every package includes a full written report and a practitioner debrief.

We can help straight away. Our IAA-regulated practitioners run a same-day triage call, assess what was reviewed, advise on whether voluntary disclosure strengthens or weakens your position, assist with any immediate SMS reporting obligations, and prepare your written position before the outcome letter arrives. If matters escalate, our SRA-regulated colleagues support suspension appeals, revocation defence and Judicial Review.

A standard audit is usually completed within 5 to 10 working days of receiving your files, depending on the package and the number of sponsored workers. If you have had a Home Office visit or need an urgent review, we can turn an audit around within a week, and often provide a fixed quote within a few hours.

Yes. We do not stop at the report. Remediation support is included, so we help you implement fixes, retrain key personnel, draft SMS notifications where needed, and prepare a response if the Home Office has already been in touch. The aim is a licence that stays audit-ready, not just a list of issues.

If UKVI downgrades your licence to a B-rating, you must follow a time-limited action plan to return to an A-rating, or you risk losing your licence. We review the action plan, identify exactly what UKVI expects, and help you evidence each requirement so you can be upgraded within the deadline.

Most tools send reminders and checklists. A WPC HR compliance audit gives you practitioner judgement: every sponsored worker file is reviewed with no caps, civil penalty and curtailment risk is assessed, and remediation is specific to your business. If the Home Office visits, you have people who can defend your position, not just software.

Every audit is led by a qualified WPC HR practitioner, not a junior adviser or an automated system. WPC HR is IAA-regulated, with SRA-regulated legal support available through the WPC Group. Your information is handled confidentially. We assist and advise on your reporting duties, but you remain in control of your own SMS submissions.