Terms

The rules for using the free site and for buying an employer monitoring subscription.

Who these terms are with

KnowYourSponsor is independently operated. Using the site means you accept the website terms below. Before any paid service starts, the written order identifies the legal supplier and service address. A paid Watchlist subscription starts when you complete Paddle checkout. Paddle is the merchant of record and authorised reseller for that purchase.

The free website

You may search the site and use its deliberately published public-data layer. Rights in the underlying GOV.UK, Companies House and other public information remain governed by their original source licences; those licences are not narrowed by these terms, and those publishers remain the authorities for their own records.

KnowYourSponsor's original software, writing, database compilation, derived analyses, full historical archive, reports and visual materials are separate from the underlying public facts. Do not systematically extract or commercially republish that original enrichment, white-label it, or use it to operate a competing service without written permission. This does not restrict lawful use of the underlying public information, normal individual checking, or rights the law gives you.

That distinction applies to access from 21 September 2026. It does not change a source licence or attempt to withdraw permission already granted for an earlier copy.

I take reasonable care to keep the site accurate and available, but public sources can be late, incomplete or changed without notice. Name-based company matching can also be wrong. Check the linked official record before making an employment, immigration, financial or legal decision.

Employer-provided policy evidence

An employer policy receipt is a dated general statement supplied by an employer representative. A work-domain email check and a separate sponsor identity review are required before publication. Publication is not an endorsement and never confirms sponsorship for a particular vacancy, occupation or applicant.

Employer representatives must provide accurate, current information and an official source link. KnowYourSponsor may withhold, dispute, expire or remove a statement where its identity, authority or continuing accuracy cannot be supported.

Paid monitoring

Watch covers up to 10 named employers. Monitor covers up to 100. Both plans use one delivery address. Sponsor status and rating are checked daily. Companies House bulk data is checked monthly. An alert reports a change found in those sources. It does not promise that an employer is hiring, solvent or able to sponsor a particular person.

The 30-day pilot needs no card and never becomes paid automatically. Watch is £19 per month. Monitor is £49 per month. A paid subscription begins only after you complete Paddle checkout. A larger list, another recipient or a custom feed needs a separate written quote.

Your responsibilities

• Provide accurate employer names and company numbers where available.
• Check official sources before acting on a report.
• Use the service lawfully and for business purposes.
• Do not send candidate names, immigration records or case notes.
• Do not resell the private history or reports unless the order allows it.

Charges, invoices and cancellation

Watch costs £19 per month and Monitor costs £49 per month. Paddle shows the full amount, including any applicable tax, before you subscribe and provides the payment receipt or invoice. The subscription renews monthly until it is cancelled.

You can cancel at any time through Manage billing in the customer portal, or by contacting me. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid billing period: service continues until then and there is no further renewal charge. Refunds and applicable withdrawal rights are explained in the refund policy.

I may suspend a service while an invoice is overdue or if continuing it would be unlawful, insecure or materially harmful. I will explain why unless the law prevents that.

Confidentiality and data

Customer watchlists, instructions and private reports are treated as confidential and are not published. This does not cover information that is already public, independently developed or required to be disclosed by law. The privacy notice explains what is kept, why it is kept and when it is deleted.

Availability and changes

No service-level agreement applies unless a custom written order includes one. I will use reasonable care to run the agreed checks and will tell paying customers about a material interruption. A failed check will not be reported as a clean result.

Liability

Nothing in these terms excludes liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or anything else that English law does not allow to be excluded.

Subject to that, neither side is liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for lost profit, revenue, business opportunity or goodwill. For a paid service, my total liability arising from that service is limited to 125% of the fees paid or payable for it in the previous 12 months. This limit applies only where it is reasonable and lawful.

Ending a service

Either side may end a service immediately if the other commits a serious breach and does not fix it within 14 days of written notice. On ending, reports already delivered remain available to the customer. Watchlist data is handled as described in the privacy notice.

Law and contact

These terms and any dispute are governed by the law of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction for a business contract.

Questions about these terms can be sent to hello@knowyoursponsor.co.uk.

Last updated 28 October 2026.