Evidence you can show an inspector, for under a tenner.
Up to five checks on each referee — the address, the employer's record at Companies House, the dates, and the sender checks the referee's domain publishes. Each result carries the evidence behind it, and the report is issued minutes after the references you asked for are in, or the closing date has passed.
- No card needed
- Companies House data
- No cookies or tracking
- UK based
£9
per check, up to 10 referees
5
checks on every professional referee
Minutes
to the finished report, once the references you asked for are in, or the closing date has passed
0
accounts for your candidate or their referees
You do step one. We do the rest.
Name, email, role. Then the report arrives.
- You1
Name, email, role. Referees are optional.
Three fields, about a minute.
- Candidate2
Nothing reaches a referee before the candidate says yes.
They confirm or nominate the referees.
- Us3
The chasing is the work. We do it, you do not.
Short form. We send the reminders.
- Us4
2 minutes from the closing date to the finished report.
Minutes after the references you asked for are in, or the closing date has passed.
Up to 3 reminders, sent in the first week, by us — never a call or an email you have to send yourself.
A report you can hand to an inspector.
Every referee checked, every result linked to its evidence, and a PDF for the file.
The evidence, on one page
A Companies House record, domain and mail records, dates and a reply — open any result to see where it came from.
Ready for your file
A dated PDF and a full activity trail, so a Regulation 19 or KCSIE question is answered before it is asked.
Nothing you don’t need
No CV, no ID documents, no date of birth. Candidates and referees never make an account.
No reply, no charge
If nobody replies to any of your referees, we still send the report and return your credit.
2 public sources — read by three of the five checks, the same two /privacy names.
Five checks, each with its own evidence.
Three read public records you can open yourself.
Referee email
Whether the address belongs to the employer's own domain, or is a free webmail account.
Employer record
Whether there is a registered company at Companies House matching the employer named, and whether it is active.
Employment dates
Whether the dates the referee gave agree with the dates the candidate stated, within 45 days.
Email authenticity
Whether the referee's domain publishes the sender checks that stop mail being sent in its name.
Response
Whether the referee answered using the link we emailed to them. A referee who never answers is recorded as an outcome.
17%
of more than 1,000 UK companies surveyed by the BBC with the Federation of Small Businesses found employees whose references did not stand up when checked.
Built for regulated hiring in small teams.
Care providers
Regulation 19 asks for verified references. This is the evidence, dated and filed.
For care providersSchools and colleges
KCSIE-ready reference checks for teaching and support staff.
For schoolsRecruiters and agencies
Check candidates before you put them forward. Pay per check, no contract.
Start a checkNeither of the big two will tell you what they charge
£9per check
- First check free — one per company
- Packs of 10 and 25
- Credit back if no referee replies
- Buy in minutes, no sales call
| PreHire | RefNow | Zinc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price you can see | £9 | Hidden | Hidden |
| Buy without talking to sales | Yes | Yes, 5-credit minimum | Yes, for small teams |
| Verifies the referee is real | Yes, with evidence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Credit back if no referee replies | Yes, automatic | Not stated | Not stated |
Your next hire's reference is either checked, or taken on trust
Run a real check on a real candidate and keep the report. Your first check is free — one free check per company email domain.