Approved Services

These are the services which are currently Approved by tScheme (Listed in order of initial Grant of Approval). Use the 'More' links to find detailed Approval information for each service.

Service Provider	Service Name	Date Initially Approved	Last Renewed Date
	Certificate Factory More	8 March 2002	February 2024
	Managed PKI Security More	27 May 2002	June 2023
	Root CA for NHS PKI More	29 November 2007¹	June 2023
	Police service Root CA More	25 February 2011	March 2023
	SMKI — Device Certification Authority service More	9 August 2016	July 2023
	Infrastructure Key Infrastructure Certification Authority service More	9 August 2016	July 2023
	SMKI — Organisation Certification Authority service More	9 August 2016	July 2023
	FOC S1SP Certification Authority service More	12 December 2020	December 2022
	MOC S1SP Certification Authority service More	18 October 2023

¹ Annual audits now aligned to outsourced service from BT in May.

Services pending Approval

These are the services which although currently Approved by tScheme (Listed in order of initial Grant of Approval) are more than a month late but less than three months late in getting their Approval renewed. Use the 'More' links to find detailed Approval information for each service.

Service Provider	Service Name	Date Initially Approved	Last Renewed Date
None

Services with delayed re-Approval

These are the services which are currently Approved by tScheme (Listed in order of initial Grant of Approval) but are more than three months late in getting their Approval renewed. Use the 'More' links to find detailed Approval information for each service.

Service Provider	Service Name	Date Initially Approved	Last Renewed Date
None

What the tScheme Approved Service Mark signifies

When a trust service carries the tScheme Mark, you can be secure in the knowledge that:

the service has been thoroughly evaluated against rigorous criteria by independent experts;
the service provider has agreed to keep to these criteria;
the service provider subscribes to the tScheme Code of Conduct;
the service provider has agreed to act promptly and fairly to remedy faults.

For each service, tScheme approval is regularly reviewed and may be withdrawn.

This Grant of Approval does not affirm or endorse any claims of conformance to standards or adherence to guidelines not explicitly listed as forming part of the service assessment.

The tScheme Code of Conduct

Participants in the electronic trust services industry strive:

to act in an honest, fair, reasonable and trustworthy manner;
not to bring electronic trust services into disrepute;
to provide clear information about what each electronic trust service provides, including limitations and exclusions, to those who rely on that service;
to meet service commitments and obligations;
to be proactive in identifying and correcting faults and deficiencies in electronic trust services;
to operate in accordance with appropriate standards;
to act promptly in resolving complaints relating to electronic trust services.

Approved Services