diff --git a/internal/sponsors/handler.go b/internal/sponsors/handler.go
index 034438c..82a184b 100644
--- a/internal/sponsors/handler.go
+++ b/internal/sponsors/handler.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package sponsors
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 )
 
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ func (h *Handler) Load(dataSource string) error {
 
 		// TODO: configure the dynamic header mapper
 		for _, entry := range processedData {
+			if len(entry["Organisation Name"]) <= 0 || len(entry["Route"]) <= 0 {
+				return errors.New("incompatible data, expecting headers `Organisation Name` and `Route`")
+			}
+
 			h.Organisations.AddOrUpdateVisaType(entry["Organisation Name"], entry["Route"])
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/sponsors/handler_test.go b/internal/sponsors/handler_test.go
index fc16f0d..e567641 100644
--- a/internal/sponsors/handler_test.go
+++ b/internal/sponsors/handler_test.go
@@ -121,3 +121,161 @@ func TestNewHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestHandler_Load(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name           string
+		datasource     string
+		fetcherSetup   func(client *mocks.Fetcher)
+		processorSetup func(client *mocks.Processor)
+		wantEmptyOrgs  bool
+		wantErr        bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "Successfully load data using default datasource",
+			datasource: "",
+			fetcherSetup: func(client *mocks.Fetcher) {
+				client.On("FetchDataSource").Once().Return(
+					"datasource",
+					nil,
+				)
+				client.On("FetchData", mock.Anything).Once().Return(
+					[]byte(`"Organisation Name", "Town/City", "County", "Type & Rating", "Route"
+"Awesome company", "London", "United Kingdom", "Worker (A rating)", "Skilled Worker"
+`),
+					nil,
+				)
+			},
+			processorSetup: func(client *mocks.Processor) {
+				client.On("ProcessRawData", mock.Anything).Once().Return(
+					[]map[string]string{
+						{
+							"Organisation Name": "Awesome company",
+							"Route":             "Skilled Worker",
+						},
+					},
+					nil,
+				)
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Successfully load data using custom datasource",
+			datasource: "custom_datasource",
+			fetcherSetup: func(client *mocks.Fetcher) {
+				client.On("FetchData", mock.Anything).Once().Return(
+					[]byte(`"Organisation Name", "Town/City", "County", "Type & Rating", "Route"
+"Awesome company", "London", "United Kingdom", "Worker (A rating)", "Skilled Worker"
+`),
+					nil,
+				)
+			},
+			processorSetup: func(client *mocks.Processor) {
+				client.On("ProcessRawData", mock.Anything).Once().Return(
+					[]map[string]string{
+						{
+							"Organisation Name": "Awesome company",
+							"Route":             "Skilled Worker",
+						},
+					},
+					nil,
+				)
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Successfully load data using custom datasource, but it's empty",
+			datasource: "custom_datasource",
+			fetcherSetup: func(client *mocks.Fetcher) {
+				client.On("FetchData", mock.Anything).Once().Return(
+					[]byte(``),
+					nil,
+				)
+			},
+			processorSetup: func(client *mocks.Processor) {
+				client.On("ProcessRawData", mock.Anything).Once().Return(
+					[]map[string]string{},
+					nil,
+				)
+			},
+			wantEmptyOrgs: true,
+			wantErr:       false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Failed to load due to failure to fetch datasource",
+			fetcherSetup: func(client *mocks.Fetcher) {
+				client.On("FetchDataSource").Once().Return(
+					"",
+					errors.New("failed to fetch datasource"),
+				)
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Failed to load due to failure to fetch data from datasource",
+			datasource: "custom_datasource",
+			fetcherSetup: func(client *mocks.Fetcher) {
+				client.On("FetchData", mock.Anything).Once().Return(
+					[]byte(""),
+					errors.New("failed to fetch datasource"),
+				)
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "Failed to process data due to incompatibility",
+			datasource: "custom_datasource",
+			fetcherSetup: func(client *mocks.Fetcher) {
+				client.On("FetchData", mock.Anything).Once().Return(
+					[]byte(""),
+					nil,
+				)
+			},
+			processorSetup: func(client *mocks.Processor) {
+				client.On("ProcessRawData", mock.Anything).Once().Return(
+					[]map[string]string{
+						{
+							"OrganisationName": "Awesome company",
+							"Route":            "Skilled Worker",
+						},
+					},
+					nil,
+				)
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fetcherMock := &mocks.Fetcher{}
+			if tt.fetcherSetup != nil {
+				tt.fetcherSetup(fetcherMock)
+			}
+
+			processorMock := &mocks.Processor{}
+			if tt.processorSetup != nil {
+				tt.processorSetup(processorMock)
+			}
+
+			handler, err := sponsors.NewHandler(fetcherMock, processorMock, false)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			err = handler.Load(tt.datasource)
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.Empty(t, handler.Organisations.List())
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				if tt.wantEmptyOrgs {
+					require.Empty(t, handler.Organisations.List())
+				}
+			}
+
+			mock.AssertExpectationsForObjects(t, fetcherMock)
+			mock.AssertExpectationsForObjects(t, processorMock)
+		})
+	}
+
+}