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Apply for an Individual Basic DBS Check Online
Results often available in 6–24 hours
Apply for your own Basic DBS check online—no employer required
- Takes approximately 3 minutes
- Shows unspent convictions & conditional cautions
- Digital result summary & printed certificate by post
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✓ Results often in 6–24 hours
✓ Since 2017
✓ Dedicated account manager
✓ Digital PDF + posted certificate
For any role — individuals or employers
When should an employer choose this?
Use a Basic check when the position is not legally eligible for a Standard or Enhanced check. It can support general recruitment for roles such as construction, hospitality, retail and ordinary office work.
What will it show?
Unspent convictions and conditional cautions held on the Police National Computer.
✓ Available for every type of role
✓ The employer can arrange it with the applicant’s consent
✓ Does not include spent records, local police information or barred-list information
Not suitable where work with children or vulnerable adults makes the role eligible for a higher-level check.
For eligible roles through employers
When should an employer choose this?
Use a Standard check only when the position is covered by the legal eligibility rules. Examples can include interpreters, solicitors, barristers, accountants and certain regulated financial roles.
What will it show?
It is intended for eligible positions of trust, not ordinary recruitment.
Spent and unspent convictions, cautions, warnings and reprimands, subject to the statutory filtering rules.
✓ Must be requested through an employer or eligible organisation
✓ Provides more information than a Basic check
✓ Does not include local police information or a barred-list check
For eligible roles involving work with children or vulnerable adults
When should an employer choose this?
Use an Enhanced check for an eligible role involving work with children or vulnerable adults. The job title alone is not enough—the person’s actual duties, workplace and frequency of contact determine eligibility.
What will it show?
The information included in a Standard DBS check, together with relevant information held by local police.
✓ May include a Children’s or Adults’ Barred List check when the role is eligible
✓ A barred-list check is not automatically included with every Enhanced check
✓ Eligibility depends on the duties, workplace, frequency and who the applicant works with
Basic DBS Check
Basic DBS Check
DBS Fee: £21.50
Service Charge: £45.00
External Fees: £5.00
VAT: £10.00
- Shows unspent convictions
- Shows conditional cautions
- Fast track processing
- Easy application form
- 80% of results in 6 - 72 hours
Standard DBS Check
Standard DBS Check
DBS Fee: £21.50
Service Charge: £45.00
External Fees: £5.00
VAT: £10.00
- Spent & unspent convictions
- Cautions and reprimands
- Shows final warnings
- Fast track processing
- 95% of certificates in 5 days
Enhanced DBS Check
Enhanced DBS Check
DBS Fee: £49.50
Service Charge: £45.00
External Fees: £5.00
VAT: £10.00
- Same as Standard DBS Check
- Plus information from local police
- Must be relevant to the role
- Fast track processing
- 85% of certificates in 5 days
Enhanced With Barring
Enhanced With Barring
DBS Fee: £49.50
Service Charge: £45.00
External Fees: £5.00
VAT: £10.00
- Same as Enhanced DBS Check
- Checked against barred list
- The most thorough DBS check
- Fast track processing
- 80% of certificates in 5 days
We Have Been Providing Official DBS Police Checks Across The UK Since 2017
For businesses and individuals, we provide one of the fastest DBS certificate turnaround times in the UK, with results delivered by email often within 6 hours, which is why we are trusted by professionals across many industries
We offer:
- Digital results emailed in 6 hours, where available
- Registered Official DBS Umbrella Body
- ICO Data Protection Registered
- GDPR Compliant
- ISO aligned security processes
- Dedicated account manager
- Simple 3 minute application forms
- Basic DBS results in as little as 6 hours
- CRB checks, criminal record checks, police checks
- Enhanced DBS suitable for NHS / Care workers
- Excellent customer support
- Basic, Standard & Enhanced checks with barred lists
- Results regularly returned on the same day
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The DBS Process
What is a DBS check?
A DBS check can also been known as a CRB check, a criminal record check, or a police check.
A DBS check will show an individual’s criminal record history.
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. Therefore it replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA)
Who needs a CRB / DBS Check?
DBS checks are required by individuals, or by employers for many job roles, and the type of check your employee will need will depend specifically on the role they are applying for
How do I get a Basic DBS Check?
After completing the application form, you will need to send us identity documents that have been verified by a ‘responsible person’ in the UK, or a Post Office. Once we receive these, we submit your application.
We aim to get your results within 12 working hours, and your certificate within 5 days
What is the process - Standard DBS Check?
After completing the application form, your account manager will thoroughly check for errors and omissions and email you accordingly
The employer has already verified the identity documents so we don’t need to see them
We submit your application, and aim to get your results within 12 working hours, and your certificate within 5 days
How do I apply for an Enhanced DBS Check?
After completing the application form, your account manager will thoroughly check for errors and omissions and email you accordingly
The employer has already verified the identity documents so we don’t need to see them
We submit your application, and aim to get your results within 48 working hours, and your certificate within 5 days. Please note that it may take longer if you need to be checked against the barred lists
Who can sign my identity documents?
A Responsible Person must be someone who:
●has credentials that can be checked
●has personally known you for at least 12 months
●is not related to you by birth or marriage, or in a personal relationship with you(this includes partners, in-laws, and step-parents)
●does not live at the same address as you
●is a permanent resident of the UK
NOTE: A retired or unemployed person who has appropriate credentials may still be a Responsible Person. They must state what profession from the list below they are retired from.
Accepted professions include:
Accountant
Airline pilot
Articled clerk of a limited company
Assurance agent of recognised company
Bank/Building society official
Barrister
Chairman/Director of limited company
Chiropodist
Commissioner of oaths
Councillor (local or county)
Civil servant (permanent)
Doctor or dentist
Director/Manager of a VAT-registered
charity
Director/Manager/Personnel officer of a
VAT-registered company
Engineer (with professional qualifications)
Financial services intermediary (eg a
Stockbroker or Insurance broker)
Fire service official
Funeral director
Insurance agent of a recognised
company
Journalist
Justice of the Peace
Legal secretary
Licensee of public house
Local government officer
Manager/Personnel officer (of a limited
company)
Member, Associate or fellow of a
professional body
Member of Parliament
Merchant Navy officer
Minister of a recognised religion (including
Christian Science)
Nominated Person/Responsible Individual
for an Ofsted registered setting (currently
registered)
Nurse (RGN and RMN)
Officer of the armed services
Optician
Owner of a VAT registered business
Paralegal (certified paralegal, qualified
paralegal or associate member of the
Institute of Paralegals)
Person with honours (an OBE or MBE, for
example)
Pharmacist
Photographer (professional)
Police officer
President/secretary of a recognised
organisation
Salvation Army officer
Social worker
Solicitor
Surveyor
Teacher, Lecturer
Trade union officer
Travel agent (qualified)
Valuer or Auctioneer (fellows and
associate members of the incorporated
society)
Warrant Officers and Chief Petty Officers
Can I apply for an Enhanced DBS check without an employer?
From 21 January 2026, eligible self-employed people and personal employees can apply for their own Enhanced DBS check through a registered DBS Umbrella Body.
Your role and duties must meet the DBS eligibility criteria. Being self-employed does not automatically make you eligible for an Enhanced check.
When applying, enter “SELF-EMPLOYED” or “PERSONAL EMPLOYEE” as the organisation name. You will also need an authorised independent person to check and verify your original identity documents.
Applications are checked immediately upon receipt. Cancellation after submission may be subject to an administration charge. See our FAQ page for details
DBS Support is a UK Government Registered DBS Umbrella Body. We process individual Basic DBS checks, as well as Standard and Enhanced DBS checks for employers including contractors, charities, schools and care providers nationwide. Fast turnaround, secure online system, dedicated support. DBS government check.