DBS check cost
Cheapest DBS check
The lowest basic price is the official one. Provider prices below are totals we could verify, or published figures we are not willing to sort.
Individuals: basic check
GOV.UK charges £20.00 and no admin fee. Among providers with a verified inc-VAT total who can serve individuals, the lowest we recorded is uCheck at £35.70 inc VAT (1–50 checks).. That is the cost of their process, not a recommendation, and it is more than £20.
Request a basic DBS checkBasic
Employers, lowest verified total: Active Background Checks at £29.00 inc VAT (Published fee table; Group B, so this is not an individual Group A route).
Individuals, where the official group allows it: uCheck at £35.70 inc VAT (1–50 checks).
Standard
Employers, lowest verified total: Active Background Checks at £29.00 inc VAT (Published fee table; Group B, so this is not an individual Group A route).
Individuals, where the official group allows it: Verify Information Service Ltd at £50.00 inc VAT (1–100 organisation checks).
Enhanced
Employers, lowest verified total: Active Background Checks at £50.00 inc VAT (Published fee table; Group B, so this is not an individual Group A route).
Individuals, where the official group allows it: uCheck at £56.70 inc VAT (1–50 checks).
Volunteer
Employers, lowest verified total: Active Background Checks at £9.00 inc VAT (Published fee table; Group B, so this is not an individual Group A route).
Individuals, where the official group allows it: none verified for this audience.
A volunteer standard or enhanced check is free of the DBS fee when the role meets the DBS volunteer definition. Basic checks are not. Admin can still be charged. Read the band: a 1–100 organisation price is not a one-off personal price, and a package that includes digital ID is labelled as such.
How the fee, admin and VAT fit together · Basic check cost · Enhanced check cost
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