Scheme body defining certification rules and connected to a commercial assessment provider
Age Check Certification Scheme Ltd
Age Check Certification Scheme Ltd is company 11493870, described by its governance page as a nonprofit company limited by guarantee. It is legally separate from AVID Certification Services Limited, which supplies audit, certification and test-purchasing services under a stated service-level agreement.
Governance and service rules
The register gives AVID director-appointment and removal rights over the scheme company. The 2026 rules keep certification decisions separate from the evaluator, provide independent appeals and impose impartiality restrictions, including limits on designing certified services. Fees are reviewed annually and nonpayment can trigger certification action. VerifyMy advertises certification under requirements incorporating ISO/IEC 27566-1; its claim is not an Ofcom product endorsement or an inspected certificate.
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.
VerifyMy Limited → Age Check Certification Scheme Ltd
reports its platform has certification incorporating ISO27566-1 from
Current product page captured9 September 2026; not backdated to January 2025.
Provider says ACCS1:2025 technical requirements incorporate ISO27566-1, classifying its email and face methods highly effective. Actual certificate, independent method evaluation and fee are not obtained; not Ofcom product endorsement.
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.
The existing node accs combines a brand, scheme and service provider. The current ACCS governance page identifies Age Check Certification Scheme Ltd (11493870), a nonprofit company limited by guarantee, and says audit, certification and test purchasing are supplied under a Service Level Agreement by AVID Certification Services Limited (14865982). These are not interchangeable legal persons.
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.
Current product page captured9 September 2026; not backdated to January 2025.
Reported by the cited source
Provider says ACCS1:2025 technical requirements incorporate ISO27566-1, classifying its email and face methods highly effective. Actual certificate, independent method evaluation and fee are not obtained; not Ofcom product endorsement.