Registered Bodies
DBS Registered Bodies
A Registered Body can countersign standard and enhanced applications. An umbrella body is a Registered Body that does that work for other organisations. This page is the explanation, not a complete register.
There is no current public spreadsheet of every Registered Body that we were willing to treat as a 2026 directory. DBS’s own annual reporting counted the network in the hundreds, and most of those organisations check their own staff. CompareDBS does not list them. Listing a name here would imply we had checked it.
If your organisation will submit 100 or more eligible checks a year, you can apply to register. DBS charges £300 to register and £5 for each countersignatory, after the application is accepted. Below 100 checks a year, the employer guidance says to use an umbrella body.
Some providers print a Registered Body number on their own site. We repeat that number only when we saw it, on the profile, and we do not treat it as a full register.