BS7858 · BPSS · PSA· UK pre-employment screening bureau

The screening bureau
built for compliance.

Yezda runs BS7858, BPSS and PSA pre-employment checks end-to-end — so your security, data-centre and cash-handling hires clear vetting in days, not weeks. We do the work. You see the certificate.

● BS7858:2019 accredited·● ICO registered·● ISO 27001 (in progress)
app.yezda.co/case/YZ-2026-08412
AM
Aaliyah Mensah
BS7858 · Northwood Security Group · Day 4 of 21
In progress
Consent
Identity
Address 5y
Work history
References
Credit / AML
Certificate
Identity verified
IDV · Passport (UK) · 99.4% match
14:02
Address history under review
3 of 4 entries reconciled · 1 gap flagged
14:08
Reference request sent
ref-2 · tony.harding@northwood-sec.co.uk
14:11
Live screener cockpit · placeholder for product animation
Security operations
Data centres
Cash handling
Critical national infrastructure
Stadium & event security
Cleared facilities
Aviation ground services
Public sector contractors
Telecoms field engineering
Pharma logistics
Security operations
Data centres
Cash handling
Critical national infrastructure
Stadium & event security
Cleared facilities
Aviation ground services
Public sector contractors
Telecoms field engineering
Pharma logistics
0+
Cases screened
Across 180+ org clients
0 days
Median turnaround
From submission → certificate
0 hrs
Conditional clearance
Right-to-start within hours
0.0%
ID match accuracy
IDV-validated documents
0 yrs
Address & work lookback
Reconciled with gap detection
How it works

Three steps. We do the
middle one for you.

01

You submit a candidate

Org admin invites a candidate from the portal — name, email, screening tier (BS7858 / BPSS / PSA). Yezda assigns a screener within the hour.

02

Yezda runs every check

Identity, 5-year address, work history, references, credit, AML, criminal disclosure review. Our team chases gaps so yours doesn't have to.

03

You receive a signed certificate

A second screener signs off. We issue an audit-ready, branded PDF certificate with a public verification ID — the kind a Compliance Officer puts in front of an auditor.

New candidate
Draft
Full name
Aaliyah Mensah
Email
a.mensah@northwood-sec.co.uk
Role start date
12 May 2026
Screening tier
BS7858
BPSS
PSA
Aaliyah Mensah · BS7858
YZ-2026-08412 · Day 4 of 21
Live
Identity verification
IDV · UK passport
Address history (5y)
4 entries · 1 gap reconciled
Work history (5y)
3 employers verified
Reference: ref-1
Returned 22 Apr
Reference: ref-2
Awaiting response · day 2
Credit & AML
CreditSafe · scheduled
Criminal disclosure
Self-declaration received
Secondary sign-off
Pending screener review
Yezda
Certificate of screening
BS7858:2019 · Tier 2
PASS
Candidate
Aaliyah K. Mensah
Date of birth
04 Aug 1994
Engaging organisation
Northwood Security Group
Role
Site Security Officer
Lookback period
01 May 2021 → 30 Apr 2026
Issued
30 Apr 2026
Verification ID
YZ-CERT-2026-08412-MNH
verify.yezda.co/YZ-CERT-2026-08412-MNH
What we screen

Three standards.
One bureau.

BS7858, BPSS and PSA — fully managed end-to-end. We pick the third-party providers, we chase the references, we sign the certificates.

Standard · BSI 2019
Security industry

BS7858

The British Standard for screening individuals working where the safety of people, goods or property is paramount.

What's included
Identity verification (IDV)
5-year address history with gap reconciliation
5-year employment + education history
Two character references + two employment references
Credit & AML check (CreditSafe)
Self-declaration of unspent convictions
Secondary screener sign-off
For organisations

Pipeline visibility, branded reports, zero ops cost.

Heads of Security and Compliance leads get a read-biased portal — see exactly where every candidate sits without lifting a phone.

Northwood Security Group
42 active cases · 3 SLA-watch
AllActiveIssued
Candidate
Role
Status
Progress
AMA. Mensah
Site Officer
In progress
Day 4 / 21
DOD. O'Brien
Control Room
Awaiting ref
Day 6 / 21
MCM. Chowdhury
Cash-in-transit
Sign-off
Day 18 / 21
SPS. Patel
DC Engineer
Issued
RAR. Acheson
Site Officer
Submitted
Day 1 / 21
JLJ. Larkin
Stadium Steward
In progress
Day 9 / 21
01

Live pipeline status

Every case visible — Submitted → ID → History → References → Sign-off → Issued. Filter by region, role, screener, or SLA risk.

02

Branded, audit-ready reports

Download PDF certificates and full screening reports — your logo, your colours, our standards.

03

Team & region management

Invite recruiters, regional managers and viewers. Region-scoped access keeps Liverpool out of London's pipeline.

04

API + webhooks

Webhook on every state change. Push to your ATS without polling. GraphQL endpoint for deeper integration.

09:41●●●● 5G
BS7858 · Step 1 of 6

We need your permission, separately.

Each check is opt-in. You can pause any time.

Identity check
Address & work history
Credit & AML
Reference requests

Capture your passport

Hold steady. We'll auto-capture when it's in frame.

● RECIDV
✓ Document detected · holding steady
HM
Helena M.
● Online · Yezda screener
Hi Aaliyah — quick gap on your address from Mar–Jun 2023. Travelling, studying, or living somewhere?
Travelling SE Asia. Was on a 90-day visa.
Perfect, that's fine for BS7858. I'll log it as travel and you can move on.
✓✓ read 09:38
For candidates

They're nervous.
The app shouldn't be.

Most candidates do this once, often before the biggest job of their career. The Yezda mobile app is built around clarity — what we need, why we need it, and how far through they are.

01
Per-check consent
Identity, credit, references — each opt-in is separate, plain-English, and revocable.
02
Selfie + ID in 90 seconds
IDV-powered capture with retake guidance. Works on any phone made in the last 5 years.
03
Address & work history with gap detection
We tell them what's missing — they don't have to guess what 5 years means.
04
Real-time chat with their screener
Three-state delivery (sent / seen / read), file attachments, push fallback.
Public verification

Auditors paste an ID.
They get an answer in a second.

Every Yezda certificate carries a public verification ID. Anyone — auditors, hiring teams, third parties — can confirm authenticity in one click, without an account.

No login Mobile-friendly QR-scannable
verify.yezda.co
Public · TLS 1.3

Verify a Yezda certificate

Enter the verification ID printed on the certificate.

Compliance & accreditations

The standards we hold ourselves to.

BS7858:2019
British Standard for security screening
BPSS
Baseline Personnel Security Standard
PSA Ireland
Private Security Authority licensing
GDPR
UK GDPR + Data Protection Act 2018
ICO
Registered Z-A1 92847 · since 2021
ISO 27001
In progress · Stage 2 audit Q3 26
Security & data handling

Personal data,
handled like it matters.

Passports, credit files, criminal disclosure, references — the most sensitive evidence a candidate has. We treat every byte like it could be ours.

01
UK-only data residency
All evidence stored in eu-west-2 (London). No cross-border transfer without explicit consent.
02
Encryption at rest + in transit
AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, document-level keys rotated every 30 days.
03
Per-check consent + revocation
Every check is opt-in, revocable, and logged in an immutable audit trail.
04
Redaction-aware reporting
Org reports show outcomes, not source documents. Auditors see what they need — nothing more.
05
Retention with purpose
Evidence purged 7 years after certificate issuance, per BS7858 retention guidance.
06
Penetration tested
External pentest annually. Bug bounty in place via HackerOne (private).
Trusted by compliance teams

What our customers say.

We moved 1,400 SIA-licensed officers onto Yezda in a quarter. Our compliance team got their evenings back — and our auditors got cleaner files.
MH
Margaret Holloway
Head of Compliance, Northwood Security Group
The first time we rotated a data-centre crew, BS7858 was the bottleneck. Now it isn't. The certificate verification page alone has saved us six audits-worth of phone calls.
DR
Devesh Raghunath
Director of Security Operations, Halcyon DC
Candidates actually finish onboarding now. Whatever they've done with the mobile app, it just works — and the chat with the screener is the part everyone mentions.
SD
Síle Donnelly
Talent Lead, Cuanairt Stadium Services
FAQ

The questions we get most.

Yezda is a managed bureau — our screeners do the work. You don't pick vendors, chase references, or interpret credit reports. You submit a candidate and consume an audit-ready outcome.
Median turnaround is 2 working days for the full BS7858 certificate. Candidates also receive a conditional clearance within 12 hours of submission — enough to start work while the rest of the screening completes. Reference response times are the dominant variable on the full cert; we chase, but referees move at their own pace. The portal shows live SLA risk on every case.
Candidates use our mobile app — consent per check, ID capture (IDV), address & work history with gap detection, and real-time chat with their assigned screener. No printing, no posting, no awkward emails.
Yes. We expose webhooks on every state change and a GraphQL endpoint. Most customers push Yezda outcomes into Workday, Greenhouse or Lever automatically.
BS7858 includes self-declaration of unspent convictions. DBS integration is on the roadmap (Q4 2026). Today we coordinate DBS via partner where required.
eu-west-2 (London). UK-only residency unless we have explicit consent for cross-border transfer (e.g. an overseas employer reference).
Ready when you are

Stop running screening.
Start consuming it.

A 30-minute call. We'll walk through your screening volume, current bottlenecks, and what a Yezda pilot would look like for your team.

Book a 30-min demo →Talk to compliance
Typical response · under 4 hours