Residential & managed blocks
Security ambassadors, concierge and front-of-house cover for managed developments.
Case study Security ambassadors at Chelsea Waterfront, London
Who we serve
Our clients, and the work behind each name.
From Sony’s front desk to National Grid compressor stations, we provide security, facilities management and fire safety to organisations across the UK. Many have stayed with us for years.
Some of our clients
Named clients, each with a case study behind it.
Sectors we serve
Nine sectors, and the job that proves each one.
Fire safety & waking watch
Interim fire patrols while an alarm is out of service or a defect is fixed.
Case study Waking watch across six blocks at New Palace Place, WestminsterConstruction & infrastructure
Gatehouse staffing, out-of-hours guarding and mobile patrols for live schemes.
Case study Manned guarding on the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon schemeCorporate & offices
Reception, visitor management and front-of-house security.
Case study Front of house security for SonyEducation
Campus guarding, key holding and patrols, in and out of term time.
Case study Campus security for Milton Keynes CollegePublic sector & healthcare
Security, patrols, cleaning, event security and consultancy for Walton Community Council in Milton Keynes, and key holding and alarm response for NHS trust hospitals, pharmacies and surgeries.
Case study Key holding and alarm response for NHS pharmacies and surgeriesUtilities & energy
Critical-site security, qualified through RISQS and Achilles UVDB.
Case study Compressor station security for Murphy Group and National GridVenues, heritage & events
Venue guarding, event security and consultancy for listed sites.
Case study Milton Keynes Theatre: 7 years of manned guarding without a missed showMulti-site estates
Soft services and security across many sites under one contract.
Case study Soft services and security across 20 Engie sitesClient tenure
Relationships measured in years.
Proof
Security, facilities and fire safety, in each client’s own context.
Security
Compressor station security for Murphy Group and National Grid
We provided round-the-clock on-site security for Murphy Group across two compressor stations in Cambridgeshire, part of a £113 million National Grid contract. Our team stayed for seven years and delivered more than 240,000 hours of cover on a site where access points changed constantly.
Waking Watch
Waking watch across three blocks at Bishop’s Court, Spitalfields
Encore Group needed continuous waking watch across Bishop’s Court, a three-block residential development in Spitalfields, after its Fire Risk Assessment identified an interim need for patrols. We have provided one fire-trained officer per shift, 24 hours a day, since December 2025, on a contract planned to…
Facilities Management
Soft services and security across 20 Engie sites
Ashridge Group delivers soft services across Engie’s corporate, railway and critical national infrastructure sites — manned guarding, receptionists, porters, facilities assistants and mail room services. Work has covered 20 separate Engie sites, including an emergency deployment protecting copper cable reels across five sites, mobilised within hours.
In their words
What clients say about working with us.
Lee West, Facilities Manager, Sony Europe B.V Read the case studyI can honestly say that Ashridge really is a 'people' company. They genuinely try to recognise and praise their on-site staff as much as possible — and was part of the reason the contract was awarded to them.
Dave Falkner, General Manager - Chelsea Waterfront - Rendall & Rittner Read the case studyWe selected Ashridge over a number of competing companies and from inception have formed an excellent relationship. We were allowed to participate in the recruitment process so that we could select the best available personnel from the pool of applicants.
Andrew Mack - Operations Director, Engie Workplace Ltd Read the case studyCertainly a supplier of choice for me. Highly professional supplier with boundless subject matter expertise and a real service partner in every sense of the word.
New requirement?
Let’s talk about your site.
Consolidating suppliers or opening a new site, we’d welcome the conversation. We respond within one working day.
Replacing an incumbent?
We have taken over mid-contract before.
On the A14 scheme we took over 24/7 guarding of 14 compounds after the incumbent contractor failed.