For employers
Reading a report
Understanding the report layout, results and evidence.
The report is a permanent HTML page (plus PDF) that summarises everything we verified. It is immutable and versioned — if a dispute arises, a new version supersedes the old one.
Report structure
- Header — candidate name, role, hiring employer, reference number, date shipped, version.
- Summary — per referee: ✓ Verified, ! Discrepancy or ✕ Not confirmed, plus a short tally line.
- Verification grid — five rows (one per check) × each referee. Every non-green cell expands to show its evidence.
- Referee insights — the referee's competency answers, attributed ("The referee reports…"), only shown when the referee confirmed the employment.
- Non-response — referees who did not respond, with the reason (undeliverable, declined, or no reply).
- Activity — every event as a timestamped sentence, on a tamper-evident record.
- Technical detail — the raw sender and mail records a domain published, timestamps and the tamper-evident record, collapsed by default.
- Footer — "PreHire reports verification evidence. Hiring decisions, and any judgement drawn from this evidence, rest with the employer."
Check results
Each of the five checks produces one of:
| Result | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ✓ Verified | The check passed. |
| ! Discrepancy | The check found something that differs from the claim. |
| ✕ Not confirmed | The check could not be confirmed. |
| Not yet run | The check has not run yet — there is no data. |
The verification grid
This is the core of the report. Every non-green cell expands to show the underlying evidence: the actual email address and mail records, the Companies House name and number, the two date pairs side by side. No cell is hidden.