Agentic UK Right to Work (RTW) compliance audit report, share code verification log, and Home Office civil penalty response pack service for small employers (1–50 staff) required to conduct and retain statutory right to work checks under the Immigration Act 2014 and updated 2022 Employer's Guide. Replaces the immigration solicitor or HR consultant who charges £1,000–£3,500 to audit existing employee RTW records, identify expired or missing checks, and produce the civil penalty statutory excuse evidence file — a process where a single illegal working civil penalty starts at £45,000 per worker from January 2024.
Why now
No fresh signal in today's batch; directly justified by the Home Office's tripling of civil penalty levels effective January 2024 (from £15,000 to £45,000 per illegal worker for a first breach), widely reported in UK employment law newsletters and r/legaladvice. The Immigration Enforcement compliance visit programme targeting hospitality, construction, and social care SMEs has intensified through 2024–25.
Commercial value
UK employers with 1–50 staff number ~1.4 million. Any employer with staff turnover is exposed. Civil penalty increase to £45,000/worker (from £15,000) in Jan 2024 has dramatically raised stakes. HR consultants charge £1,000–£3,500 for an RTW audit; target ACV £500–£900/yr (annual audit subscription). Budget line: 'HR consultant / immigration compliance fees.' TAM: even 0.1% of SME employers = 1,400 customers at £600/yr = £840k ARR as a floor.
Go-to-market
Target UK hospitality, construction, and social care SMEs — sectors with highest Home Office visit rates. Channel: LinkedIn outreach to HR managers and owners, plus partnerships with accountants and payroll bureaux who already touch these clients. Hook: 'A Home Office visit costs £45,000 per worker. An RTW audit costs £49.' First 10 customers via direct LinkedIn DM to hospitality group owners (5–30 staff). Price: £49 one-off audit report, £29/mo ongoing monitoring subscription.
2-week MVP
Customer uploads a spreadsheet of current employees (name, nationality, document type, check date, expiry). GPT-4o chain cross-references against the current Home Office Employer's Guide rules, flags expired/missing checks, and outputs a prioritised remediation schedule plus a one-page 'statutory excuse evidence summary' they can show a Home Office inspector. Cut: share code API integration, automatic expiry alerts, document storage. Day-1 outcome: a 15-person restaurant owner pays £49 and receives a colour-coded audit report identifying which 3 employees have lapsed RTW checks — before a Home Office visit, not after.
Agent score
0.61 — Commercial score 0.80: penalty uplift to £45,000 creates genuine fear-driven purchase; named HR/immigration consultant budget line; broad addressable base across hospitality, construction, care. Speed 0.90: spreadsheet upload + LLM audit output is a 3-day build; first customers reachable via LinkedIn to hospitality owners with zero paid acquisition — highest speed score in this batch. Defensibility 0.40: logic is replicable, but ongoing monitoring subscription and integration with HR systems (post-MVP) would push this toward 0.60; honest floor is weak moat today.
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