Commercial assessment provider with a disclosed governance link to its scheme body
AVID Certification Services Limited
AVID Certification Services Limited is UK company 14865982, the commercial provider identified as supplying audit, certification and test-purchasing services to Age Check Certification Scheme Ltd. Public registers also give AVID director-appointment and removal rights over the separate scheme company.
Control, services and safeguards
The register places Tony Allen in a more-than-50%, less-than-75% share and voting band and Nicholas John Bate above 25% and at most 50%. The website describes an AVID service-level agreement with the scheme. The 2026 rules separate certification decisions from the evaluator, provide independent appeals and restrict designing services that are certified. AVID advertises ISO/IEC 27566-1 certification, but the record does not show an exclusive regulatory designation or a particular customer's payment.
Age Check Certification Scheme Ltd → AVID Certification Services Limited
sets published certification decision, fee, appeal and impartiality rules for
Downloaded2026 rules; no historical applicability assumed.
2026 rules keep decisions inside assessment body but separate from evaluator; annual fee review/28day invoices; nonpayment can trigger certification action. Independent appeals and impartiality controls, including no designing certified services and two-year prior-client decision restriction, qualify this discretion. Rules are not an audit of actual compliance or a retrospective2024 instrument.
Tony Iain Allen / Tony Allen → AVID Certification Services Limited
holds disclosed majority share/voting band and director appointment rights in
Notified12 May 2023; current register inspected9 September 2026.
Current PSC register: more than50% but less than75% shares/votes; right to appoint/remove directors. Not exact stake or evidence of personal involvement in a named certification.
Commercial service offering identified with legal AVID provider footer. Certification fees are principal income; no actual customer payment or regulator exclusivity established. Ofcom's actual certification position belongs to policy lane.
AVID Certification Services Limited → Age Check Certification Scheme Ltd
supplies audit, certification and test purchasing services under a stated SLA to
Current undated legal footer captured9 September 2026.
Official website identifies separate provider and nonprofit scheme. Executed SLA payment, indemnity, renewal and termination terms remain not obtained.
Notified12 May 2023; current register inspected9 September 2026.
Current PSC register: more than50% but less than75% shares/votes; right to appoint/remove directors. Not exact stake or evidence of personal involvement in a named certification.
Current undated legal footer captured9 September 2026.
Reported by the cited source
Official website identifies separate provider and nonprofit scheme. Executed SLA payment, indemnity, renewal and termination terms remain not obtained.
Downloaded2026 rules; no historical applicability assumed.
2026 rules keep decisions inside assessment body but separate from evaluator; annual fee review/28day invoices; nonpayment can trigger certification action. Independent appeals and impartiality controls, including no designing certified services and two-year prior-client decision restriction, qualify this discretion. Rules are not an audit of actual compliance or a retrospective2024 instrument.
Commercial service offering identified with legal AVID provider footer. Certification fees are principal income; no actual customer payment or regulator exclusivity established. Ofcom's actual certification position belongs to policy lane.