Once you have found your business from the company search results and completed the contact details, TrustMark will write to you enclosing the DBS application form and all needed documentation to support your application.

TrustMark are a ‘Responsible Body’ and will apply for the DBS check on your behalf. A Basic Disclosure is the lowest level of Disclosure and is available to anyone who applies on the appropriate form. They can be used for any purpose. They will show details of all convictions considered to be unspent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, or state that there are no convictions and information about whether an applicant is subject to notification requirements under the Sex Offenders Register

Should any unspent convictions be reported on the Basic Disclosure, this information will be shared with Buckinghamshire & Surrey Trading Standards, as our Primary Authority Partner and we will take guidance from them regarding the progression of your application.

Applicants will be kept informed at all stages of the process and you can contact us direct on the below details:

Telephone: 0333 555 1234
Email:tradingstandardsapproved@trustmark.org.uk

To process your application an 'intelligence' (Intel), request will be carried out by Trading Standards.

Intelligence requests ensure that you and your customers have confidence in your ability to meet the highest levels of service and trust. Trading Standards will check information that is restricted to officers and partners as well as that which is publicly available.  You can be assured that a proportionate approach is taken to any findings; negative feedback would not automatically mean that you will be excluded from the scheme.  The outcome would depend on the nature of the findings and you may be asked for further information or provided with advice to enable you to become compliant.

If you are not located in Buckinghamshire or Surrey your local Trading Standards team may be consulted.