DBS Registered Bodies with Low Application Volume, Past Six Months

Registered Bodies who have submitted less than 1500 applications during the past six months, as recorded by The Disclosure and Barring Service. The dataset includes the name, address, and application volume for each Registered Body and was produced for a Freedom of Information request. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Identify Registered Bodies with low application volumes based on the six-month activity threshold.
• Analyze the geographic distribution of low-volume Registered Bodies based on provided address data.
• Monitor compliance or activity trends within the DBS system based on the reported application counts.

Strengths

• Data includes a specific activity threshold of less than 1500 applications over six months.
• Includes concrete attributes like organization name and address.
• Produced by the official authority, The Disclosure and Barring Service.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update date is in the future (2026-07-08).

Provenance

Source

The Disclosure and Barring Service

Collection Method

Produced for a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

Time Range

Past six months (relative to dataset creation).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:34.246468

Geography

United Kingdom