Manned guarding
Static officers and gatehouse staffing to BS 7499. Directly employed, SIA-licensed and trained to your site procedures.
Ashridge Security
Security guarding by officers we employ, vet and train.
SIA-licensed officers, mobile patrols, key holding, security dog teams and managed CCTV for commercial sites across the UK.
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The difference
Plenty of firms can put a uniform on a site. We put our own people there.
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SIA Approved Contractor
Independently assessed under the Security Industry Authority’s Approved Contractor Scheme, the benchmark for UK security firms.
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Vetted to BS 7858
Every officer is directly employed, screened to BS 7858 before their first shift and licensed by the SIA for their role.
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Backed around the clock
A 24/7 control room supports every site, with a dedicated contract manager accountable for yours.
Services we provide
Security services we deliver.
Mobile patrols & key holding
Marked patrol vehicles, lock-up and unlock, key holding and alarm response to BS 7984, nationwide.
Concierge & corporate security
Front-of-house officers for offices, HQs and residential buildings, managing reception, visitors and access as the first point of contact.
Close protection
SIA Close Protection-licensed officers for executives, high-net-worth individuals and public figures, planned around a personal risk assessment.
Event security
Door supervision and stewarding for conferences, exhibitions and public or private events, from accreditation checks to crowd safety.
Construction site security
Gatehouse access control, out-of-hours guarding and mobile patrols for building and infrastructure sites, aligned to CDM 2015 and Secured by Design.
Security dog teams
NASDU-accredited handlers and dogs for construction, vacant property and event security.
Managed CCTV & monitoring
Remote CCTV monitoring and alarm verification, arranged and managed with accredited specialist monitoring partners.
One contract
Security and facilities. One point of contact.
Security guarding can be delivered under one contract alongside cleaning, front of house and building maintenance, with a single account manager across both.
- Manned guarding
- Mobile patrols & key holding
- Security dog teams
- Managed CCTV
- Cleaning & soft services
- Front of house & concierge
- Building maintenance & M&E
- Grounds maintenance
One contract. One account manager.
Client spotlight
7 years securing two National Grid compressor stations
- Hours of cover
- More than 240,000
- Contract value
- £113 million
- Client
- Murphy Group
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.
Read the case studyWe provide SIA-licensed security guarding, mobile patrols, key holding and alarm response, and event security for commercial and residential sites across the UK. Our officers are directly employed and vetted to BS 7858 rather than supplied through an agency, and a 24/7 control room backs every site. Ashridge Group is an SIA Approved Contractor.
Who are our security officers?
Our own employees. Every officer joins with prior industry experience and is screened to BS 7858 before their first shift. Ashridge Security is led by directors with backgrounds in the British Armed Forces and the private security sector, and new starters complete a structured induction before they are posted.
Training continues through our Career Development Programme, which keeps officers current on the risks a site actually faces rather than generic guard duties. We explain the thinking in developing professionals, not just posting guards.
Our front of house and security team has served Sony since 2017, and earned an internal Sony award for the work. Read the Sony case study
What does our manned guarding include?
Static officers and gatehouse staffing to BS 7499, with a dedicated contract manager for every site. Officers are trained to your procedures, premises and people rather than a generic patrol script, and several clients have gone on to ask us to deliver security-awareness training to their own in-house teams.
We can also take over a contract at short notice. On the £1.5 billion A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme we took over 24/7 guarding of 14 compounds after the incumbent contractor failed. For budgeting, our guide sets out what manned guarding costs in the UK.
Dave Falkner, General Manager at Chelsea Waterfront, describes our officers as “diligent, courteous and, most importantly, flexible”. Read the Chelsea Waterfront case study
How do key holding, alarm response and mobile patrols work?
We hold your keys and respond to alarms to BS 7984, 24 hours a day. Marked patrol vehicles with GPS tracking and camera systems make scheduled and random visits, and every visit is logged and time-stamped, so you and your insurer have a verifiable record of cover.
Not sure whether your site needs a static officer or a patrol? Our guide compares manned guarding and mobile patrols.
Milton Keynes College uses our key holding and patrols in and out of term time, and has extended the contract by a further three years. Read the Milton Keynes College case study
What event security do we provide?
Security, stewarding and medical liaison for public and private events and conferences, from crowd management and access control to full event-day security planning. Our project managers plan and run the operation, so your own team isn’t managing security on the day.
Event staff are trained to represent your brand at the front line. If you are hiring for an event, our checklist covers what to check before booking SIA-licensed event staff.
How do we secure vacant property?
We protect empty commercial and residential premises against fire, theft, criminal damage and unauthorised access, and against the fly-tipping and graffiti that tend to follow. Cover is built from the measures below and scaled to the building and how long it will stand empty.
- Manned guards and security dog teams
- Vacant property security inspections, to insurers’ standards
- Mobile security patrols
- Key holding and rapid alarm response
- Perimeter signage and protection, including fencing and concrete barriers
- Locksmiths
- Rapid removal of unauthorised occupants and trespassers
Is waking watch a security service?
No, it is a fire safety service. When fire protection is offline or a building’s fire risk rises, our trained fire marshals patrol around the clock to spot hazards early, keep escape routes clear and start an evacuation if one is needed, so residents can stay in their homes while the defect is fixed.
It has its own team and compliance detail, set out on our waking watch page.
How does managed CCTV monitoring work?
We arrange and manage CCTV monitoring and alarm verification through accredited specialist monitoring partners. Cameras are watched from a remote video response centre, and incidents are escalated to our patrols or the police, so monitoring works as one layer alongside guarding, patrols and key holding.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Every Ashridge security officer holds a valid SIA licence for the role they perform, and Ashridge Group is an SIA Approved Contractor, the Security Industry Authority’s quality scheme for private security firms. Officers are also vetted to BS 7858 before deployment. Waking watch is different: it is a fire safety role, staffed by trained fire marshals.
We provide manned guarding nationwide across the UK, managed from our base in Buckinghamshire. Officers are directly employed, and every site has a dedicated contract manager responsible for the account. Our areas page lists the towns and cities where we already work, from London and Birmingham to Manchester and Edinburgh.
Yes. Our 24/7 control room can mobilise emergency and short-notice guarding. On the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme we took over 24/7 manned guarding across 14 compounds after the incumbent contractor failed. For urgent cover, call 0800 085 5022 and we will talk you through what can be deployed and when.
Yes. We deliver security guarding alongside cleaning, front of house, reception and building maintenance, all under one contract with a single account manager. Both teams are directly employed by Ashridge Group, so there is one point of contact and one company accountable for the whole site. See our facilities management services.
Accredited & assured
Independently audited to the standards our clients require.
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