Credit check

As a leading provider of screening checks for the financial services sector, we understand the importance of minimising potential risks often associated with financial mismanagement.

We make it our mission to protect your business and are experts in facilitating credit checks with rapid return rates.

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UK, onshore 24/7 screening team
Over 1 million checks conducted per annum
Trusted provider of over 250 companies

Standard Credit Check

Our robust reports clearly highlight any missed payments, defaults, reveal any county court judgments (CCJs), bankruptcies, individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs), decrees and sequestration orders for the job applicant (including the status of them).

Typically the credit check assesses information from the last six years - the maximum time county court judgments (CCJs) remain publicly available.

CAIS database

We can also process a further check using CAIS data (where permitted) allowing us to review candidates full financial history including current accounts, credit cards, secured and unsecured debt, defaults and other measures of financial probity.

Why choose us?

We are experts

With over 60 years’ experience in recruitment, and now over nine years’ experience as pre-employment screening specialists, we have developed a catalogue of screening checks designed to bring security into any business, for any candidate, in any industry. We work with a number of government agencies to ensure your checks are not only efficient but completed to the highest standards, and our friendly team are ready to develop flexible solutions to fit your company’s individual requirements.

Built for scale

As specialists in pre-employment screening, we not only work with small businesses, but also medium and large enterprises who recruit over 50 new employees every year. In 2020 we screened over 120,000 candidates, and currently work with clients that have over 800 new starters every month requiring high level screening. Our service is built for scale, and we can support your recruitment process no matter how many candidates you are welcoming on board.

UK's fastest screening, 24/7

We have a 24-hour screening team of over 140 employees, providing around the clock support to help businesses like yours vet candidates quickly and reliably. We are proud to provide the UK’s fastest pre-employment screening service, with eight-day turnaround across over 500,000 checks. Whatever your screening needs, let us help to remove the risk of hiring for your business.

Solutions built around your candidates

Candidate experience is at the heart of everything we do. We deliver an efficient and flexible screening process that can be seamlessly integrated into your recruitment activities, to communicate with your candidates in the tone of voice they’re used to.

Pay-per-candidate screening packages

Both our Protect and Secure online screening packages include a Standard or CAIS Credit Check.
For non-standard requirements, please get in touch below.

Prevent (BPSS)

£95 per candidate
VAT not included
  • ID verification
  • Right to work check
  • 3 year work history
  • Criminal record check*
  • 5 year address history
  • Credit check*
  • Sanctions check*
  • Directorship check*
  • Qualifications check
  • Adverse media check

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Protect (BS7858)

£145 per candidate
VAT not included
  • ID verification
  • Right to work check
  • 5 year work history
  • Criminal record check*
  • 5 year address history
  • Credit check*
  • Sanctions check*
  • Directorship check*
  • Qualifications check
  • Adverse media check

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  • ✶ UK checks - additional cost for international checks

Secure

£250 per candidate
VAT not included
  • ID verification
  • Right to work check
  • 5 year work history
  • Criminal record check*
  • 5 year address history
  • Credit check*
  • Sanctions check*
  • Directorship check*
  • Qualifications check
  • Adverse media check

BUY PACK

What our clients say

"Reed Screening provide pre-employment screening services to all of my teams. The quality and speed of the service delivered is outstanding and the turnaround time of high compliance checks is extraordinary. It’s good to know the background checks are in safe hands enabling us to focus on recruiting."

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