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Background Checking product overview
Experian Background Checking is an online service which give you access to check the background history of potential (or current) employees in the UK and assess their suitability for a role based on an analysis of their criminal, financial and occupational history.
To gain access to the Experian Background Checking services there is an annual licence fee of £195. This payment gives you and your company access to perform background checks and does not restrict the number of users of the system.
The Experian Background Checking service will provide you with comprehensive background checks that will reveal gaps in a candidate’s employment history, reference checks, identity and address confirmation, whether a person is a Director for a company, credit history and criminal history report.
Below you can see a complete list of all the background checks available within Experian Background Checking. Each report is paid for individually so you never pay more than to you need to.
Know your candidate – Identity and Criminal Background Checks
| Report name | £ Per Report | Sample Report |
| Identity Check - Only | £7.00 | |
| Adverse Financial Check | £7.00 | |
| Basic Criminal Records Check | £40.00 | |
| Identity and Adverse Financial Check | £9.50 | |
| Identity and Basic Criminal Records Check | £47.00 |
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Identity, Adverse Financial and Basic Criminal Record Check |
£49.00 |
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£41.00 |
Standard Criminal - Sample Report
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| Enhanced Criminal Record Checks | £61.00 |
Occupational History Background Checks
| Report Name | £ Per Report | Sample Report |
| Employment References* | £10.00 |
Agency Employed Reference - Sample Report Employment Reference - Sample Report |
| Education References* | £10.00 | |
| Professional/Technical Membership Reference* | £10.00 | |
| Personal References | £10.00 | |
| Occupational History | ** |
Data Validation Checks
| Report name | £ Per Report | Sample Report |
| Directors Search | £6.50 | Directors Search - Sample Report |
| Sanctions File Check | £7.50 | Sanctions File Check - Sample Report |
| Media Searches | £7.50 | Media Searches - Sample Report |
| Driving License Check | £10.50 | |
| FSA Check | £4.50 | FSA Check - Sample Report |
* Any additional fees payable to the reference provider will be passed on to you by prior agreement or upon each request
** Occupational History can also be selected to cover a number of years of an applicant's history, the charge is for each reference required to fill the period of time requested. The references taken would be driven by how the applicant had been occupied. Gaps can either be visually displayed or Personal References can be used to cover Gaps if this is required.
Experian Tenant Verifier
Experian Tenant Verifier is a separate product from Experian Background Checking and provides specific tenant referencing services for landlords and letting agents in the UK.
There is an annual license fee to access the Experian Tenant Verifier service of £152.00. This payment is chargeable per customer, not for each user of the system.
Tenant Referencing Reports
| Report Name | £ Per Report | Sample Report |
| Instant report | £10.85 | Sample instant report |
| Comprehensive report | £21.70 | Sample comprehensive report |