Questions
What this does, and what it refuses to pretend it does.
Several of the answers below are the word no. They are here because a page of nothing but confidence reads exactly like every advert you are trying to check.
What it is
What you actually get
What does a report tell me?
It reads the seller’s invoices, checks every mileage on them against the official DVSA record, and sets the whole folder against the failures known to be expensive on that exact model, generation and engine. Then it puts a figure on the work that has no record at all.
It also reads how the car was advertised the last time it sold, values it at its real mileage, and checks whether any safety recall is outstanding. The value is in reading those against each other rather than listing them side by side.
What does it cost, and is anything free?
A report is £29. Type any UK registration and the free summary appears on the car’s page as it opens: the full MOT record, every mileage reading plotted, gaps and contradictions found, and a plain-English read of what the record shows. No account, no card.
The free part is genuinely useful on its own. It is also the part that tells you whether the paid report has anything to work with.
How long does it take?
Between two and five minutes, depending on how much there is to search for on that model.
You do not have to wait on the page. The finished report is emailed to you, so you can close the tab and get on with looking at the car.
Do I need the seller’s paperwork?
It is much better with it. Photograph or upload the invoices and the service book; a few are enough to start, and creased, handwritten and thermal receipts are all fine. Each one is read, dated and checked against the official mileage either side of it.
Without them the report still researches the faults this model is known for at its age and mileage, with sources and a published cost range where one exists, but it cannot say which of them the paperwork shows were dealt with, which is most of the value. The free summary needs nothing but a registration.
Where it comes from
The data behind it
Where does the information come from?
The MOT and mileage record comes from DVSA directly, which is the same record the government holds. Valuations, previous adverts and recall status are bought from commercial suppliers.
A model’s known faults are researched from published sources, and a cost band appears only where one is published. That research is published in full so you can read it before paying for anything.
Is the analysis written by AI?
Parts of it, and the report says so plainly. A model decides what the paperwork demonstrates and what it leaves open, and a second one attacks every finding before publication. Anything resting on a fact not in the record is deleted rather than repaired.
The arithmetic is not done by a model. Mileages, totals, service intervals and the exposure figure are computed, because a sum should not be able to invent an answer.
What if my car is not covered?
Any car with a UK registration and an MOT history works. Research quality varies: a specialist car with an active owner community produces a better report than an ordinary hatchback, because more has been published about its faults.
If a model cannot be researched properly, the report says so before you pay rather than quietly producing less.
Straight answers
What it will not do
Is this a replacement for a pre-purchase inspection?
No, and it is not trying to be. An inspection costs £79 to £267 and tells you about the metal. This tells you about the paperwork. On a car worth serious money you want both, and they answer different questions.
Nobody from PeachStamp sees the car. Everything in a report comes from documents and public records.
Does it check finance, theft or write-off?
Not yet, and the report never implies otherwise. Those need Experian data, and the approval to resell it to consumers is in progress rather than finished.
Buy an HPI-style check as well. It answers the questions this one does not, and the two together cost less than an inspection.
Will it tell me whether to buy the car?
No. It states what the record shows and what it leaves open, and the decision stays yours. There is no score for the car and no recommendation.
There is a score for how complete the evidence is, which is a claim about the paperwork rather than about the vehicle.
What if a report finds nothing wrong?
Then you have paid £29 to be told that a folder holds up, which is worth knowing before you hand over five figures. A claim that survives checking is worth as much to a buyer as one that fails.
Money and data
Paying, and what happens to your files
What happens if the report fails?
You are refunded in full, automatically, without having to ask or notice. If a report cannot be produced the payment is returned and the page tells you so.
If a report arrives obviously defective, empty, truncated or about the wrong vehicle, tell us and it is refunded. That does not affect your statutory rights.
Can I get a refund if I just change my mind?
A report is generated and delivered immediately, so at checkout you agree that you want it straight away and that this ends the 14-day cancellation right that otherwise applies to digital content bought online. That is a legal requirement rather than a policy choice, and it is why the checkbox is there.
The failure and defect refunds above are unaffected by it.
Who else can see the invoices I upload?
Nobody. Documents are private to your account by default, and a report you run does not publish them. If you sell the car you can hand its records to the buyer deliberately, which is a separate action you take.
We never publish your email address or your documents, and you can export or delete everything at any time.
Do I need an account?
Not to look up a car or to buy a report. An account means your reports follow you to another device instead of living in one browser tab, and it is how you keep a garage of your own cars.
Still deciding?
Read a finished report before you spend anything
It is a worked example on a real model, with the research behind every figure published separately.