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Tenant Credit Check, ID Verification & Right to Rent

Fast & Reliable Tenant Credit Checks – Powered by Equifax

Finding the right tenant is key to ensuring a smooth rental experience. Our detailed tenant credit check and ID verification service, backed by Equifax, provides you with the insights necessary to make well-informed decisions.

Why Conduct a Tenant Credit Check?

A credit check offers a glimpse into a tenant’s financial history, aiding you in evaluating their capacity to keep up with rent payments. Although it does not guarantee future payment reliability, it can reveal concerning issues like County Court Judgements (CCJs), bankruptcies, or a poor repayment track record—allowing you to mitigate potential risks before finalising the rental tenancy.

What’s Included in Our Tenant Credit Check?

Address & Identity

Verification We verify your tenant’s identity and address history to confirm their authenticity:

  • Current Address
  • Up to 2 Previous Addresses
  • Up to 9 Linked Addresses
  • Identity Verification (Electoral Roll, financial records, court records)
  • Fraud & Watchlist Screening (Sanctions, CIFAS, PEPs, deceased check)

Comprehensive Credit Check & Risk Assessment

Evaluate your tenant’s creditworthiness with an in-depth credit report and score:

  • Credit Score – A numerical representation of the tenant’s financial reliability
  • Fraud & Watchlist Screening – Cross-check against fraud databases & political exposure lists
  • Bankruptcies & CCJs – Identify any financial challenges they may have faced
  • Electoral Roll Check – Verify residency information
  • Linked Addresses – Examine address history for consistency

Right to Rent Check

Make sure your prospective tenant is legally allowed to rent by adding this compliance check. We will obtain and verify documents that meet the Home Office’s legal requirements so you can have complete peace of mind.

Make Confident Tenant Decisions

Our credit check service provides a transparent risk assessment score, guiding you on whether to move forward with a tenant application. Safeguard your investment and reduce the likelihood of late or missed rent payments with our thorough credit screening process.

Get Started Today!

Carrying out a tenant credit check is simpler than ever. Obtain immediate results and make more informed letting decisions with our trustworthy screening service.

Please note the right to rent scheme does not apply in Wales, Scotland, or Northern Ireland.

£ 15
95
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Start a Credit Check

Our Referencing Packages

Instant ID & Credit Check

Immediate background history & credit report
£ 10
95
ex VAT
  • Instant Credit Report
  • ID Verification & Report
  • Telephone Number retrieval
  • Linked address search
  • Court & Insolvency Information
Start

Full Tenant Profile

Full ID, credit, employment & landlord referencing report
£ 22
95
ex VAT
  • Instant ID & Credit Check
  • Employment referencing
  • Income Confirmation - salary, benefits, pensions and other income sources
  • Bank account validation
  • Landlord referencing
Start
Popular

Referencing Only

Ideal for individuals who are from overseas and never had a UK residential address
£ 17
95
ex VAT
  • Employment reference – confirming employment status and annual salary
  • Confirm any additional forms of income being used for the tenancy
  • Landlord reference – confirming any defaults in rent payment and property tidiness, even if from overseas
Start

Guarantor Suitability Check

Check an individuals’ suitability to act as a guarantor for the tenancy
£ 16
95
ex VAT
  • Instant Credit Report
  • ID Verification & Report
  • Income Confirmation - salary, benefits, pensions and other income sources
  • Affordability Check ensuring individual is able to support their own living along with paying into a tenancy if required
Start

Rent Protection Full Tenant Profile

Check that meets the criteria for taking out Rent Protection
£ 22
95
ex VAT
  • Enhanced CCJ checks to meeting rent protection criteria
  • Instant Credit Report
  • ID Verification & Report
  • Employment Referencing
  • Income Confirmation
  • Landlord referencing
Start

Tenant Referencing in 4 Simple Stages...

Tenant Screening provides a quick, easy & affordable way to reference your prospective tenants. Offering Credit Checks, Income Referencing and Current Landlord checking services

Start a screening application on a potential tenant

Application

Enter your property details followed by your applicant’s contact detail. An application is then automatically sent to your applicant to complete. Once complete you are prompted to review before authorising us to start the referencing.
Our comprehensive tenant checking/referencing system

Our System

We will obtain a credit history report instantly and send reference requests to employment and landlord references.
We request and chase information from referees and prospective tenants

Information Gathering

Our team will chase any outstanding references and obtain all information required to make a rounded application decision.
We compile are findings and recommend if the individual is suitable for the tenancy

Summary Report

The application is reviewed by a case manager and the reference check is concluded. Once finished you will receive an email report with our findings and recommendations.
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What some of our clients have to say

Marc
Independent Landlord
“Thank you, Tenant Screening, for providing the relevant checks very promptly on my recent change of tenancy. Great service, great team! Highly recommend!"
Amanda
Independent Landlord
“I have worked with Tenant Screening for many years and thoroughly recommend. I feel they value me as a client, and I am not just an anonymous person as so often is the case."
Andrew
Independent Landlord
“Always provide a prompt service when i need any checks being done. Customer service is great."
Miles Wood
Independent Landlord
"Great service. Easy to deal with and helped me achieve a positive outcome. Great value for money."
Jason Griffiths
Independent Landlord
"I have used this company many times for my rental properties, always get a prompt first class service, definitely recommend."
Gertie Owen
Independent Landlord
"I have used Tenant Screening for many years for my lettings business and have been delighted with their service."