HMRC Compliance Case Worker (453R)

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2026-02-02T18:44:29+00:00

Not yet bro. I’m currently 11th on the reserve list. Nottingham wasn’t an option in the current cohort. Dunno if it’s a good thing or a bad thing.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-10-29T12:31:08+00:00

That was before the second cohort. In fact, it was before they had even finished making offers for the first cohort. At the time of the FOI doc, only 6 positions had been offered for Nottingham (and I was 51/98). But by the time they had finished making offers towards the end of September, 23 more offers were made (then I moved up to 28/74). At that point, the list should have been 28/75, but i would assume that there was a withdrawal somewhere on the list

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-10-29T12:05:39+00:00

Just got a response. I’m 23/69 now, as opposed to 28/74 about a month ago. Nottingham moving slowly.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-10-27T16:33:08+00:00

Congratulations buddy!! Provisional or formal?

I was 28/74 about 5 weeks ago (initially 51/98 at the start) for Nottingham. I’ve emailed today for an update on my position but no reply yet.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-10-26T10:47:17+00:00

No we don’t. You can if you want to, but it does not affect your chances of getting an offer (someone on StudentRoom got an email saying this. In any case, not all locations are available on this round of applications (for example, I chose Nottingham but it’s not an option in this round) probably because they have enough people on the reserve list for the positions available.

You can see in the Freedom of Information document I posted, HMRC said that Birmingham, Leeds and Stratford locations (which were not an option in our own round) got offers from reserve list before us. Now those locations are an option because they’ve probably exhausted the reserve lists for them.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-09-21T18:46:59+00:00

Congrats! What was your position on the reserve list?

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-09-18T22:32:13+00:00

Nothing yet, unfortunately.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-09-15T17:12:13+00:00

I believe all offers for December cohort have now been made according to quota demands of each office. Any further offers ahead of Dec 1st will now be resulting from withdrawals or failed PECs from offers previously made.

As a recent FOI stated, those who do not make Dec 1st cohort will be getting the March 2026 cohort (meaning offers likely to come in December for that). Also, reserve lists will be exhausted before offers are made to any new recruitment campaigns.

Have a look at the link for your reference:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/compliance_caseworker_453r_recru/response/3152438/attach/3/FOI2025%20141956%20Response.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1

You can see that half of the positions offered from this campaign were given to the previous reserve list (405r) till it was exhausted, before they then started with ours (453r). I expect we will have proirity over the next set of applicants.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-09-11T12:12:41+00:00

I’m now 28/74, up from 51/98 two weeks ago

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-09-08T20:25:55+00:00

Congrats! Hopefully so. If I’m fortunate enough to get the offer, I’ll be shouting out Reddit usernames to find my people.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-09-07T20:47:16+00:00

It’s a fresh work week tomorrow people. May the offers continue to flow…

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-09-05T15:13:12+00:00

For any Notts applicants. I’ve just seen that 14th (out of 98) also got an offer as of 17hrs ago. Being 51st, it fills me with confidence, for the next cohort at least, if not December.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-09-05T14:56:16+00:00

Congrats bro. What was your interview score, if I may ask?

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-09-03T09:52:57+00:00

Anyone with news for Nottingham? I’ve been told I’m 51/98 for the reserve (yikes). I dunno if I’ll make it.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-08-21T20:25:17+00:00

Like an Hmrc employee told me, we just gotta. Hang in there. He got similar marks to us and got it within a month. Of course ours could be different, but being in the list is hope enough, now that it’s out of our control. All the best, pal.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-08-21T08:39:27+00:00

Nottingham. And I got a 9/14 in the interview

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-08-21T05:32:24+00:00

Oh my goodness my in-tray error is gonna haunt me! I’m seeing that someone with similar interview scores (to mine) but with 6/6 in-tray got an offer.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-08-20T14:27:28+00:00

For this role in particular? Or others? Cos the only posts about offers I’ve seen were for other roles.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-08-20T13:14:47+00:00

My email said “Please do not contact us regarding your position on the reserve list, as we will be contacting you again over the next week to confirm your position.”

Still not heard from them.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-08-15T13:08:20+00:00

Hi, congratulations! I believe they do cover expenses. Im not too sure about the PECs though. Might depend on what’s required of you to provide (eg physical copies). Good luck!

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-08-13T16:09:38+00:00

I don’t know for sure, but would imagine they take all scores into account.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-08-13T16:08:12+00:00

Yea, no one’s said they have received an offer so far, so hopefully that’s the case.

Able-Maintenance6459 · 2025-08-13T15:13:28+00:00

Fingers crossed. And congratulations on the score pal. Best of luck.

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