Every ARTATVA artist earns their badges in order — there’s no skipping the queue. Schools, corporates, and councils can read exactly what each badge means, how it’s issued, and how it’s maintained.
Every badge requires
the one before it.
Disclosure & Barring Service Check
Every artist in regulated activity undergoes an Enhanced DBS check with Barred List checks applied — via uCheck, a UK government-registered umbrella body.
- Enhanced DBS certificate — not a basic or standard check
- Children's Barred List applied for all school settings
- Adults' Barred List applied for care or therapeutic settings
- Live status monitoring via uCheck dashboard
- Mandatory re-verification on the 3-year cycle
- Artists lose verified status if certificate lapses or flags
Applies to
Required for: schools, NHS, care settings, councils
Maintenance
Re-verified every 3 years · live status monitoring
Public Liability Insurance
Every active artist profile carries a minimum £5m Public Liability Insurance policy. Most carry £10m. Certificates are attached to every booking's audit pack.
- Minimum £5m PLI on all artist profiles
- Default £10m PLI for artists accepting institutional bookings
- Annual renewal required — expiry monitored 60 days ahead
- PLI certificate attached to every booking at confirmation
- Insurer details included in the downloadable audit pack
- Artists suspended from verified status if PLI lapses
Applies to
Required for: all bookings · corporates · councils · schools
Maintenance
Annual renewal · expiry alert at 60 days
Booking Contract & Statement of Work
A signed contract exists for every confirmed booking. Artist and client both e-sign before funds move. Scope, cancellation, and safeguarding clauses are built-in.
- Platform MSA signed by client on first booking
- Per-event SOW auto-generated at booking confirmation
- Cancellation terms, IP clauses, and kill-fee schedule included
- Safeguarding context captured for school and care settings
- Both parties e-sign — no booking proceeds without signatures
- Versioned and time-stamped in the booking vault
Applies to
Covers: all bookings · every event type
Maintenance
Auto-generated per booking · versioned forever
Pre-Assigned Backup Artist
Every confirmed booking has 2–3 pre-qualified backup artists identified — not after a cancellation. The backup is already lined up when you sign the contract.
- 2–3 backup artists identified at booking confirmation
- Backups hold the same DBS and PLI level as the primary
- Backups are matched by discipline, geography, and skill tier
- On any confirmed cancellation, backup is activated within 4h
- Client notification goes out within 30 minutes of activation
- Backup activation is at no extra cost to the client
Applies to
Applies to: all confirmed bookings
Maintenance
Pre-assigned at confirmation · 4h activation SLA
Full Platform Verification Status
The top-tier badge. An artist earns ARTATVA Verified by passing all four preceding rails, maintaining compliance continuously, and completing their first verified booking.
- All four preceding badges must be current and live
- Artist has completed at least one verified booking
- Profile approved by the ARTATVA compliance team
- Performance history reviewed — no sustained negative ratings
- DBS, PLI, and safeguarding docs in the 'verified' state on Supabase
- Status revoked automatically if any prerequisite lapses
Applies to
The trust signal for: schools, NHS, corporates, councils
Maintenance
Continuous · auto-revoked if any prerequisite lapses
Designed for
institutional scrutiny.
Ofsted inspectors, NHS procurement leads, and local authority officers have asked us what they need. The five-badge system was built directly from those conversations. Every badge has a documented evidence trail, and every booking produces a downloadable PDF audit pack.
What a compliance audit pack contains
DBS certificate reference
Type, issuing body, issue date, and certificate number
PLI certificate
Insurer, policy number, coverage amount, expiry date
Signed contract
SOW with safeguarding clauses, both parties' signatures, timestamp
Safeguarding statement
Policy version accepted, acceptance date, KCSIE alignment flag
Backup assignment
Backup artist reference, their compliance level, activation procedure
Retention notice
7-year retention commitment, encryption standard, ICO registration
PDF · hash-stamped · delivered on booking completion
Tell us what you're running. We'll hand back a verified shortlist — complete with DBS, PLI, contract, and a backup — within 48 hours.