“Who attends” and the service details on each listing are what the business told us about itself. We do not verify them, and we never work them out ourselves — a listing that did not answer shows nothing and is not included when you filter by it.
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Being listed is free. We ask for your insurance certificate and whichever registration your trade needs, check them, then delete them — your photos stay on your listing. We keep only the expiry dates, and remind you before your cover runs out.
Finding a tradesperson, and what we checked
One listing per person, not one per job. A tradesperson here ticks the services they actually do — plumbing, electrics, gas, roofing, plastering, tiling, decorating, cleaning, gardening, locksmithing, flooring, appliance fitting, waste clearance, carpentry or general handyman work — and appears under every one of them. That is deliberate: somebody who plumbs and tiles is one person, and listing them twice would have shown you the same business twice and doubled the chance of one copy going stale.
Before a listing appears we see photo identification and a public liability insurance certificate, record when the cover runs out, and delete both documents. Where a service has a register, we ask for that certificate too. Gas and most domestic electrical work cannot be listed without one, because in those two cases the law does not treat registration as optional. Everything else is listed on ID and insurance alone, and a listing without a badge is not a listing with a problem.
What we saw
Photo identification and a public liability insurance certificate for everybody, plus a Gas Safe card for anyone offering gas work and a competent person scheme certificate for anyone offering electrical work. We record the expiry dates and delete the papers.
Why most listings have no badge
Because most trades have no register to be on. Plastering, tiling, decorating and the rest are not licensed in the UK, so inventing a badge for them would make the two that carry real legal weight mean less.
What we cannot tell you
Whether the price is fair or the work will last. Get the rate, the call-out charge and what happens if the job is bigger than it looked — in writing, before anybody starts.
Common questions
How do I find a tradesperson near me?
Enter a town or postcode above, then use the chip row to pick the trade you need. Each listing shows where that person is based, how far they travel, the areas they said they cover and every service they offer, so you can see whether one visit could cover two jobs.
Can one person be listed for more than one trade?
Yes, and most are. A listing carries up to fifteen services, because real one-person businesses do several things. It is one profile, one set of checks and one set of contact details, which is why the same name appears on more than one of these pages.
Which trades legally have to be registered?
Gas work, always — it is a criminal offence without Gas Safe registration. Most fixed electrical work in a home is notifiable under Part P and has to be certified by a competent person scheme member. Plumbing, roofing, plastering, tiling and the rest have no legal register at all, only voluntary schemes.
What does a registration badge on a listing mean?
That we asked for that certificate, it arrived, and somebody here opened it before the listing went live. Each badge names the register it came from and covers only the service it names — a verified Gas Safe card says nothing about that person’s electrical scheme membership.
Does MoveCompass take a booking fee or commission?
No. We publish contact details and nothing else. You ring or email the tradesperson, agree the job with them and pay them directly. We never see the price and take no cut of it.
What should I ask before the work starts?
The hourly or daily rate, whether there is a call-out charge, whether parts and materials are included, and what paperwork you get at the end. For anything notifiable, ask who is certifying it — that is the question a buyer’s solicitor will eventually ask you.