DBS Checks,
Handled Properly
We're teaming up with a leading DBS check provider in the martial arts sector — overseeing more than 1,000 DBS checks every year — to bring Enhanced DBS checks directly to MADR. For yourself, or anyone in your team, with digital verification of documentation and a process that's actually straightforward.
What we're building
A DBS check service designed around how martial arts clubs actually work — not a generic form with a generic result.
Enhanced DBS Checks
Full Enhanced DBS checks — the standard required for anyone working with children, young people, or vulnerable adults in a martial arts environment. Not a basic check dressed up as something more.
Digital Document Verification
Upload and verify identity documents digitally — no posting originals, no chasing paperwork. A clean, modern process that doesn't feel like it was designed in 2003.
For You & Your Team
Apply for a check on yourself or any member of your team — all managed from your MADR dashboard, in one place, without jumping between systems.
Cost Effective
Genuinely competitive pricing through a provider that understands the sector and the volumes involved — not a generic third-party charging a premium for a standard service.
Sector Expertise
Our partner oversees more than 1,000 DBS checks per year specifically within martial arts — they understand the requirements, the timescales, and the importance of getting it right.
All On Your Dashboard
Track the status of every DBS application across your club in one place — alongside your insurance, qualifications, and compliance records. Everything connected, nothing duplicated.
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Partnering with a specialist, not a generalist
There's no shortage of companies that will process a DBS check. What's rarer is a provider that works specifically within the martial arts sector, understands the compliance requirements that come with it, and has the volume and experience to make the process genuinely efficient. That's who we've chosen to work with — and it's why we're confident this will be a service worth waiting for.
Enhanced DBS — not optional if you work with children
If you teach children, young people, or vulnerable adults, an Enhanced DBS check isn't a formality — it's a legal and ethical baseline. Many venues, local authorities, schools, and insurance providers now require evidence of a current DBS check before allowing instructors to operate. Having a clear, accessible, sector-specific route to obtaining and renewing one matters. That's what we're building.
Register for free and get instant access when it's ready.
Create your free MADR account now. The moment this service goes live, you'll have immediate access — no waiting, no re-registering, no fuss. Your account also gives you access to everything else MADR offers, including instructor insurance and student cover, right away.
One platform. Everything in one place.
Insurance. Qualifications. Safeguarding. First Aid. DBS. The goal has always been to give martial arts instructors a single, trusted place to manage their compliance — without the faff of using six different systems and chasing six different providers. DBS checks are the next piece of that.