Certified identification (not post office)

Hmmmm you sure the surveyor requires this ID? You'd expect solicitors and banks etc to require such. To be honest... as above... if they're local see if they'll accept you taking original proofs.. and check what will precisely be acceptable to them...otherwise I'd be tempted to go elsewhere unless others here suggest this is common practice. If you shop around then should be able to get a solicitor certify documents for £20 or less... possibly even by just dropping in to a solicitor's office in town... I got one certified for £5 by a solicitor at Newcastle Law Centre... I wonder if you have similar options where you live.

Strongly advise people hold onto paper bills or statements for a year in case they're asked for ID... water.. council tax often come for free along with some bank statements.

ETA. You've posted while I was writing. So to add.. hmm... odd... not least because they do not require certified documents.. the best form of ID is originals supplied in person by the person who is verifying their name and address and they can take photocopies for their records.... bad practice IMO that ignores the whole point of AML legislation. I don't understand really how a company that does surveying (unless they do other things like conveyancing work) could be realistically vulnerable to ML as you're talking about a small value purchase for a product that cannot realistically be sold on. To be honest I'd go elsewhere.... often these such checks are done electronically anyway by companies and only resort to manual checks where people cannot be verified electronically because they have little trace of their name and address through things like financial products and electoral register. Comically in this case they suggest you can scan and send via email which sounds again risky in terms of the very thing regulations are there to prevent.