Age verification at the checkout, matched against 120 million UK records
AgeVerifyUK confirms that a customer meets the age threshold for restricted goods by matching their name and address against 120 million UK person records. Checks run silently in the background at your checkout, through your account dashboard, or across bulk CSV files, so compliance never comes at the cost of a completed sale. More than 200 companies selling age-restricted products already rely on it.
AgeVerifyUK
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The cost of getting age checks wrong, or making them too hard
Age-Restricted Sales Carry Real Regulatory Exposure
Selling alcohol, knives, vapes, or medicines online brings statutory UK age-check obligations, and the burden of proof sits with the retailer. A single unverified sale to a minor can mean prosecution, penalties, and lasting reputational damage.
Document Uploads Kill Checkout Conversion
Asking customers to photograph identity documents mid-purchase adds friction at the worst possible moment. Baskets are abandoned, revenue is lost, and the check still depends on the customer cooperating.
Manual Order Checking Does Not Scale
Reviewing age-restricted orders by hand delays dispatch and ties up staff on routine work. As order volumes grow, manual processes become the bottleneck and the point of failure.
Why AgeVerifyUK is the pragmatic route to compliant age checks
Verification by Data Matching, Not Document Handling
AgeVerifyUK checks a customer's name and address against 120 million UK person records and returns an age threshold result. There are no identity documents to collect, transmit, or store, which removes an entire category of data-handling risk. Simunix is a member of the Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA).
Compliance That Never Interrupts the Sale
API checks complete in the background while the customer moves through your checkout, so the buying experience is unchanged. Your business meets its UK age-check obligations without adding a single step for the customer.
Commercial Terms That Match Your Volume
Credit packages start at £30, with no contract and no minimum commitment. You verify only the orders that are age restricted, and each customer only needs verifying once, keeping the total cost of compliance predictable and low.
How AgeVerifyUK works
Submit a customer's name and address; AgeVerifyUK matches them against Simunix data and returns an age threshold result.
Name and address in, verification result out
No documents requested from the customer
Result-only responses keep data exposure minimal
Incoming data
- Customer name
- Address
- Postcode
- Age threshold
AgeVerifyUK platform
- Checkout API
- Dashboard checks
- Bulk CSV upload
- Instant results
- Verify once
- Credit-based pricing
- Result-only responses
- Audit trail
Engine
Data matching engine
Each customer is cross-referenced against 120 million UK person records to confirm the age threshold is met.
Outputs
- Threshold met or not met
- Match status
- Verification reference
- Time-stamped check record
From order to verified in four straightforward steps
AgeVerifyUK is built to keep age-restricted commerce moving. Whether checks arrive one at a time through your checkout or in their thousands by CSV, the process is identical, fast, and fully recorded.
Submit
Send the customer's details
Pass a name and address to AgeVerifyUK through the checkout API, the account dashboard, or a bulk CSV upload. No documents are requested and the customer is never interrupted.
Match
Records matched against Simunix data
The platform cross-references the customer against 120 million UK person records held by Simunix. Matching completes in the background within seconds.
Result
Receive an age threshold result
AgeVerifyUK returns a clear result confirming whether the age threshold is met, together with a verification reference. Responses carry the result only, so no unnecessary personal data flows back into your systems.
Dispatch
Clear verified orders, review the rest
Orders that pass are released for dispatch immediately, while the small minority that do not are flagged for your team to review. Each customer only needs verifying once, so repeat purchases flow straight through.
Single Customer Checks
Verify One Customer in Seconds from Your Dashboard
Log in to your AgeVerifyUK account, enter a customer's name and address, and receive an age threshold result in seconds. There is nothing for your customer to upload; the check is completed entirely by data matching against UK person records. Every result is recorded against your account, giving you a clear audit trail of the checks you have performed.
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Bulk Verification
Screen an Entire Order File in One Upload
Upload a CSV of customer orders from the dashboard and AgeVerifyUK verifies every record in a single secure pass. Orders that meet the age threshold are cleared for dispatch, while the remainder are flagged so your team only handles the exceptions. Because each customer only needs verifying once, bulk checking stays economical at any volume.
Download results (CSV)
Built for the teams behind age-restricted commerce
From checkout owners to compliance leads, AgeVerifyUK gives every stakeholder in an age-restricted business the same fast, defensible verification result.
E-commerce Manager
- Protect checkout conversion by verifying age in the background rather than demanding documents mid-purchase
- Integrate once through the API and every age-restricted order is checked automatically
- Repeat customers pass straight through once verified
Compliance Officer
- Demonstrate that every age-restricted sale was checked against 120 million UK person records
- Rely on a time-stamped record for each verification
- Source checks from an AVPA member for a defensible audit position
Operations and Fulfilment Lead
- Clear whole order files for dispatch with a single CSV upload instead of manual, order-by-order review
- Only flagged exceptions need human attention
- Dispatch times hold steady as volumes grow
Why businesses choose AgeVerifyUK
Powered by the Simunix Dataset
AgeVerifyUK draws on the same 120 million UK person records that power the wider Simunix suite. That depth of coverage delivers high match rates, which means fewer flagged orders and fewer interrupted customers.
Data Minimisation by Design
You send a name and address; you receive a verification result. Simunix processes the data solely to return that result, your business remains data controller throughout, and no identity documents ever enter the process.
Terms That Scale With You
Start with a £30 credit package and grow from there, with no contract and no minimum commitment. You pay only to verify age-restricted orders, and each customer only needs verifying once.
Start verifying your customers for as little as £30
Join more than 200 companies using AgeVerifyUK to meet their age-check obligations without slowing the sale. Create an account in minutes, or talk to us about integrating verification into your checkout.
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