UK sponsor licence enforcement statistics

Quarterly Skilled Worker sponsor licence revocations

Reviewed 24 September 2026. Figures below reproduce the Skilled Worker Revoked column of Home Office table SC_01.

Calculation: 276 + 767 + 541 + 1,516 = 3,100 for 2025. For January–June 2026, 1,545 + 801 = 2,346. January–June 2025 was 1,043, making the same six-month period in 2026 approximately 125% higher. These counts do not measure an individual employer’s likelihood of revocation.

Download the official Home Office spreadsheet. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Turn enforcement awareness into practical preparation

The Home Office recorded 3,100 Skilled Worker sponsor licence revocations in calendar-year 2025 and 2,346 in January–June 2026. The latest available quarter in the 27 August 2026 release is April–June. Review employee records, upcoming expiry dates and outstanding sponsor actions as part of a regular compliance process.

LuwaSuite brings Home Office share-code verification, employee records, expiry reminders and audit-pack preparation into one platform. Your team can use those records to review its sponsor duties and prepare for a compliance visit.

Start with the records behind each worker

Review the employee profile, Right to Work evidence, Certificate of Sponsorship information, employment details and relevant documents together. A useful review identifies what is missing, who needs to act and where the completed evidence will be stored.

Make upcoming actions visible

Bring expiry dates and follow-up tasks into your regular HR review. Give each outstanding action an owner and record its completion so the next person reviewing the file can follow what happened. LuwaSuite combines employee records and reminders to support that workflow.

Prepare the evidence before you need it

Build an audit pack from the records your team maintains, then review it for gaps. This turns preparation into a repeatable routine instead of a last-minute search through separate folders and spreadsheets. Explore our sponsor licence compliance features to see how the workflow fits together.

Use the figures with their reporting periods

These are Skilled Worker licence revocations from table SC_01, including administrative revocations. Licences covering multiple categories appear in each category, so we do not add Skilled Worker, Temporary Worker and Student figures to claim a unique-employer total. The 2026 figure covers six months and must not be labelled a full-year total. Civil penalty limits relate to illegal working, not every sponsor-duty breach.

If your organisation has received a suspension or B-rating letter, our sponsor licence suspension response guide explains the evidence and action-plan process.