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Verifile Limited

Business services · Bedford
SME

Verifile Limited is a global provider of background screening technology, offering services to ensure compliance with employment regulations and mitigate recruitment risks. They operate internationally, conducting thousands of checks across over 150 countries.

verifile.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£15.9m
Live
11
Buyers
20
12m
£684k
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities2
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts11 / 26
  • Top buyers20
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
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Quick answer — Verifile LimitedUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Verifile Limited has won £15.9m across 20 public-sector buyers, with 11 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Espo at 65% · 100% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
11 of 26Live contracts
65%Top-buyer concentration
100%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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No social-value commitments yet

Jobs, skills, environmental, inequality and community commitments appear here once a claimed supplier attributes them to awarded contracts, or once we detect them on the supplier’s website.

ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

↔ Cross-checked
Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

◐ From website & notices
Services · 2
Background ScreeningVerifile provides comprehensive background screening services to help businesses comply with employment regulations and make informed hiring decisions. ↗Instant ChecksA service that allows for quick and automated background checks. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 2 from notices
  • 3S_22 Strategic HR ServicesEspo · £10.4m
  • Employee Screening Services FrameworkNorthern Procurement Group Limited · —

Extracted automatically from verifile.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

Once a claimed supplier publishes delivery stories — the buyer, the sector, what was delivered and the outcome — they appear here.

Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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No buyer references yet

Public-sector buyers can confirm they'll act as a reference for this supplier. Confirmed references — with the contract they relate to — show here.

Accreditations & memberships · 3

Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.

◐ From supplier website
Core credentials · 0/6
Cyber EssentialsNot evidenced✓
Cyber Essentials PlusNot evidenced✓
ISO 27001 — Information securityNot evidenced✓
ISO 9001 — QualityNot evidenced✓
ISO 14001 — EnvironmentalNot evidenced✓
ISO 45001 — Health & safetyNot evidenced✓
Other credentials & memberships · 3
PBSA AccreditationProfessional Background Screening Association · Certification ↗King’s Award for Enterprise: International Tradeaward ↗Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2019award ↗

Extracted automatically from verifile.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.

Contracts · 11 live · 15 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
GB-Sheffield: Background screening and Vetting Services 26
British Business Bank7900000020 Feb 2026£100k2 yrsLive
CA16776 - DBS Checks
Waythrough7960000001 Dec 2025£568k2 yrsLive
Staff Vetting service
National Savings & Investments7960000001 Oct 2025£16k4 yrsLive
DBS and Right to Work Services
Lincolnshire County Council4800000025 Sept 2025£444k2 yrsLive
DBS Checks
Milton Keynes Council7523120017 Jan 2025£280k3 yrsLive
Provision of DBS Checking Software for OCC Recruitment
Oxfordshire County Council7250000003 May 2024£53k3 yrsLive
DBS and Criminal Record checks Facility via CPC
University of Sunderland4890000005 Mar 2024£600k3 yrsLive
DBS Check Provider
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY7970000001 Mar 2024£520k4 yrsLive
Provision of Criminal Record Check Delivery Tool for GBS
Crown Commercial Service7221298020 Nov 2023£703k2 yrsClosed
DBS and RtW Services
Lincolnshire County Council4800000025 Sept 2023£298k12 moClosed
Total live value £2.6m · mean award £612k1–10 of 26

Top buyers · 20 buyers · top 3 = 76%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
Espo
2 contracts
65%
since 2022
2
Cabinet Office
1 contract
6%
since 2020
3
University of Sunderland
2 contracts
5%
since 2020
4
Lincolnshire County Council
2 contracts
5%
since 2023
5
Crown Commercial Service
1 contract
4%
since 2023
6
Waythrough
1 contract
4%
since 2025
7
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY
1 contract
3%
since 2024
8
Milton Keynes Council
1 contract
2%
since 2024
9
General Medical Council (GMC)
2 contracts
2%
since 2016
10
Gambling Commission
2 contracts
1%
since 2022

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Business services79
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
East Midlands5 contracts
74%
North East3 contracts
9%
North West5 contracts
6%
London1 contract
6%
South East4 contracts
3%
West Midlands2 contracts
1%
Yorkshire2 contracts
1%
Wales1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Verifile Limited highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
AM
Alexander Mann Solutions
No£248.3m4
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£202.7m3
PC
PA Consulting
No£150.0m1
OP
Opus People Solutions
Yes£50.0m1
AT
Atamis Ltd
Yes£36.4m3
VE
Verifile Limited
Yes£684k—
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 13 Feb 2027
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
Insolvency history
None
No insolvency cases registered
Certifications (ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage, B-Corp, modern-slavery) are supplier self-reported and appear once a claimed profile adds them.

Modifications

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

✓ From notices
±

No modifications recorded

No published contract variations for this supplier. Modification notices appear here as they are issued under the Procurement Act 2023.

News mentions

UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.

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No news mentions found

We haven't matched any recent UK press coverage to this supplier. Mentions appear here automatically as they're published.

Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
05129976
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
17 May 2004
Reg. office
5 Franklin Court, Stannard Way Priory Business Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK44 3JZ
SIC codes
62012 · 80300 · 82990
Last accounts
31 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • BHARGAVA, Kapil — director
    Appointed 15 Sept 2008
  • BEN COHEN, Eyal — director
    Appointed 17 May 2004
  • Verifile Holdings Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos House
£

No financial filings on record

Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.

Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

↔ From Cos House
VERIFILE LIMITED
05129976 · this company

Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.