How we read a sponsor licence file
Each sponsor licence file sets out what the public record shows for one licence: its register status, rating, route and dated history. This page explains where the facts come from and how the Compliance Exposure measure is worked out.
What the file shows
Register status, rating, route and the dates we first saw each change come from the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0 and checked daily. Company facts come from Companies House. Where a sector regulator publishes a register that applies, we use it and name it on the signal line.
Compliance Exposure
Compliance Exposure counts how many of twelve signals are present for a licence. The signals are:
- B rating
- Removed and returned within the last 12 months
- New licence, or company under 2 years old at grant
- Overdue filings
- Insolvency or Gazette notice
- Undeliverable registered office
- Single director holds every office
- Sector regulator concern
- ICO data-protection fee registration not found
- Modern Slavery statement missing where required
- Gender pay gap report missing where required
- Sanctions or disqualification match
Compliance Exposure is our own reading of public records. It is not an official rating and not a prediction of any Home Office decision.
Each signal is recorded as present, absent, or not applicable. Only present signals count towards the level; a signal that does not apply to this kind of company is listed but never counted.
| Low | 0 to 1 signals present |
|---|---|
| Moderate | 2 to 3 signals present |
| Elevated | 4 to 6 signals present |
| High | 7 or more signals present |
The bands describe signal counts only; they are not a finding about any licence holder. The measure is recomputed daily from the sources above.
Corrections
If a fact on a file looks wrong, check it against the current GOV.UK publication. Use the correction link and we check the record against the source.
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