Trident

What Trident does

Trident Maintenance Services Ltd is a UK-based property maintenance contractor specialising in painting, decorating, and associated building refurbishment services for public and private sector clients. Founded as an employee-owned organisation and headquartered in Bellshill, Scotland, the company operated eight strategically located regional offices covering Scotland, the North East, North West, Yorkshire, the South, South West, and London. Its core service offering comprises internal and external redecoration, fire protective coatings (Crown Paints Timonox Class 0 and EN Class B systems), intumescent steelwork coatings (Jotun, with 20-year guarantee), heritage conservation works for Grade I and II listed buildings, uPVC replacements, and broader building repairs including kitchens, bathrooms, roofing, windows and doors. Technical differentiation rests on specialist processes such as dry blasting steel preparation, the TETRA working-at-height system, and dementia-aware colour design developed with senior charge nurses.

Trident served six primary market verticals: social housing providers (Anchor Hanover, Guinness Partnership, Bernicia, Homes in Sedgemoor, West Highland HA), NHS and healthcare trusts (NHS Lothian, NHS Forth Valley, Wirral FT, Great Western Hospitals FT), education (Newcastle University, Holmfirth High School), facilities management companies (Imagile, Morgan Sindall, Tetris), heritage and leisure (Hard Day's Night Hotel, Sotheby's, St Mary's Lighthouse), and local authorities (Southampton CC, Gateshead CC, Northumberland CC, East Lothian CC). Pre-approved positions on 12+ public sector procurement frameworks (Procure Public, Fusion21, Scotland Excel, PfH Scotland, LHC, and others) functioned as the primary go-to-market channel, with contracts awarded via competitive tendering for works ranging from short-term projects to 5-10 year framework agreements.

Revenue was generated principally through long-term framework agreements and competitively tendered maintenance contracts, with contract values typically in the low to mid six figures per annum per client (e.g., Homes in Sedgemoor at £400k/annum over 10 years). The company held ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, Constructionline Gold, Alcumus SafeContractor, CHAS, and Living Wage Foundation accreditations. In February 2026 the company was acquired by Cardiff-headquartered Cardo Group (1,400 staff), which reported Trident's turnover at £46 million at acquisition, integrating the Scottish and northern English platform into a larger national building maintenance group.

Name

Trident

Legal name

Trident Maintenance Services Ltd

Website

https://tridentmaintenanceservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Trident Maintenance Services is a UK property maintenance contractor specialising in painting, decorating, fire protective coatings and building refurbishment for social housing, NHS, education, local authority, heritage and facilities management clients, delivered via 12+ public sector frameworks and eight regional offices across England and Scotland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Property Maintenance Services

NAICS

Building Finishing Contractors (2383)

SIC

Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470), Services-Miscellaneous Repair Services (7600)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Rebuild & Finishing (Drywall, Flooring, Paint, Trim) (HSAPAOAI)

Keywords

• Painting and decorating
• Property maintenance services
• Fire protective coatings
• Social housing maintenance
• Building refurbishment

Headquarters

HQ city

Bellshill

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Painting and Decorating Maintenance Contracts: Trident generates revenue through competitively tendered maintenance contracts with public and private sector clients. Contracts range from short-term project works (weeks) to long-term framework agreements spanning 5-10 years, covering cyclical painting programmes, fire safety upgrades, and property refurbishment across housing, healthcare, education, and facilities management sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Trident Maintenance Services delivers internal and external painting and decorating, fire protective coatings (Class 0 and EN Class B), pre-paint repairs, heritage conservation works, uPVC replacements, and building refurbishment services to public and private sector clients across the UK. Services are organized across six market sectors: Housing, Healthcare, Education, Facilities Management, Leisure & Retail, and Property Management, delivered by directly employed trade operatives from eight regional branches.

Product overview

Trident Maintenance Services is an employee-owned organization providing quality, affordable property maintenance services to public and private sector clients across the UK. The company's core offering centers on professional painting and decorating services, supported by complementary building maintenance and refurbishment capabilities. Services are delivered through six key market sectors: Housing, Education, Healthcare, Facilities Management, Leisure & Retail, and Property Management. The company operates a network of strategically located branches throughout the UK providing local presence with national resource capability. Core painting and decorating services include internal and external redecoration, fire protective coatings (Class 0 and EN Class B), specialist heritage works, and building repairs. The company also offers specialized services including uPVC replacements, timber repairs, and intumescent coatings for fire safety applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Painting and Decorating Services Internal and external painting, decorating, pre-paint repairs, wallpaper hanging, and specialist coatings for residential, commercial, and public sector properties. Includes fire protective coatings meeting Class 0 and EN Class B ratings. Services delivered by directly employed trade operatives across the UK.
• Facilities Management Services Comprehensive painting and decorating services delivered as part of facilities management contracts for FM industry clients managing multiple sites across the UK.
• Healthcare Maintenance Services Specialist painting and maintenance services for NHS trusts, hospitals, and healthcare facilities. Includes anti-bacterial and hygienic coating systems, HTM Category 1 Paint Application Standards, fire protective coatings, dementia-aware colour schemes, and out-of-hours working in occupied clinical environments.
• Education Maintenance Services Painting and decorating services for educational institutions from primary schools to universities, including student accommodation, classrooms, and communal areas. Work scheduled during school holidays with DBS-checked staff and Dulux-accredited heritage specifications.
• Housing Maintenance Services Cyclical painting programmes, fire protective coatings (Class 0 and EN Class B), graffiti removal, uPVC replacements and cleaning, and property maintenance services for social housing providers including housing associations, ALMOs, and local authority housing departments.
• Leisure and Retail Maintenance Services Maintenance services for leisure facilities, retail centres, hospitality venues, and heritage attractions. Includes specialist paint techniques (marbling, wood graining, gilding) and out-of-hours working around public access.
• Property Management Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 97% customer satisfaction achieved on Guinness Partnership contract (target: 95%)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers29 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Crown Paints ProfessionalcoreTechnology or IntegrationTrident partners with Crown Paints Professional, a paint manufacturer with 200+ year history. Key products include Crown Timonox Flame Retardant Coatings (Class 0 and EN Class B fire protection), used across housing, healthcare, and public sector contracts.
• AkzoNobel (Dulux)coreTechnology or IntegrationTrident has joined the Dulux Connect Scheme with Verified Contractor status. AkzoNobel brands including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon provide paint products and technical specifications. Dulux Heritage range is used for heritage and conservation projects.
• Langley Roof SolutionsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLangley provides flat roof solutions and waterproofing for the built environment. Through Langley's Approved Contractor Network, Trident is assessed for quality, credentials, financial stability, health and safety and training, enabling delivery of roofing projects.
• Imagile Professional ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrident secured a 6-year contract (2018) with Imagile through a strategic partnership providing painting and decorating services across NHS hospitals, schools, colleges, prisons, MOD buildings, and commercial buildings. This partnership subsequently led to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary 5-year structural steelwork contract.
• Procure PubliccoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProcure Public framework provides access to painting and decorating contracts across the wider public sector. Trident holds a leading position enabling streamlined procurement for public sector clients.
• Fusion21coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFusion21 provides OJEU-compliant construction and property procurement frameworks. Framework membership enables Trident to access public sector housing and maintenance contracts.
• Scotland ExcelcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorScotland Excel is the Centre of Procurement Expertise for Scotland's 32 local authorities. Framework membership enables Trident to access Scottish public sector painting and decorating contracts.
• PfH Scotland (Procurement for Housing Scotland)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPfH Scotland streamlined procurement framework for planned works projects in social housing. Framework enables efficient delivery of painting and decorating works for Scottish social housing providers.
• Westworks Procurement LtdcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWestworks creates and manages frameworks and contracts for members ensuring exceptional value through internal competition between appointed suppliers. Framework access enables Trident to serve public sector clients.
• LHC (Procurement for Housing)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLHC brings buyers and suppliers together to build, refurbish and maintain social housing and public property efficiently. OJEU-compliant frameworks free to use for local authorities and social landlords.
• Procurement For AllcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDedicated procurement solutions provider covering the whole UK public sector, delivering value for money through collective purchasing power.
• Procurement For HousingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTotal procurement solution for housing providers delivering cashable and non-cashable savings through category expertise, supply chain management, and end-to-end contract support.
• Procure PlusminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNot-for-profit procurement company specialising in goods and services for new-build and repair/maintenance for social housing clients, owned and governed by Registered Provider clients.
• Procurement AssistminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFlexible procurement solution covering goods, works and services through Dynamic Purchasing Systems and Frameworks designed for UK public sector.
• Housing 21minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLeading not-for-profit provider of Retirement Living and Extra Care for older people managing over 23,300 properties across 240 local authority areas.
• ProsperminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMulti-functional business consultancy specialising in Business Process Engineering, Project Management Delivery, and Strategic and Operational Procurement Services.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Keepmoat: Keepmoat is a large UK homebuilder and regeneration contractor delivering planned maintenance, refurbishment, and energy retrofit programmes to social housing providers. Competes with Trident for council and housing association frameworks, though with a broader construction scope.
• Mears Group: Mears is a major UK provider of housing maintenance, repairs, and facilities management to local authorities and housing associations, with planned works and response maintenance at scale. A broader incumbent that competes for the same large framework contracts and increasingly bundles painting into integrated offerings.
• Mitie: Mitie is a leading UK facilities management company with a property services division covering maintenance, painting, and refurbishment across public sector and commercial estates. A broad incumbent whose scale and integrated FM offering competes for the same mega-framework opportunities as Trident.
• Wates Property Services: Wates Property Services (part of Wates Group) delivers planned maintenance, building services, and refurbishment to social housing and public sector clients. A broader incumbent with significant fire safety, retrofit, and planned works capability that competes for the same large framework tenders as Trident.

Regional players

• Eric Wright Group: Eric Wright Group is a North West England-based construction, FM, and property services group with a strong presence in social housing maintenance, including painting and refurbishment. Regionally comparable to Trident's North West and Yorkshire offices, with overlapping housing association and council clients.

Direct peers

• Novus Property Solutions: Novus delivers property maintenance, refurbishment, and painting services to social housing, education, and public sector clients across the UK. Directly comparable as a multi-region painting and planned maintenance contractor with similar framework-driven GTM.
• Seddon Group: Seddon is a UK construction, maintenance, and painting contractor serving housing associations, NHS trusts, and local authorities. Comparable as a regionally based, employee-owned heritage contractor with similar planned maintenance and refurbishment scope.
• Bell Group: Bell Group is one of the UK's largest painting and decorating contractors, serving social housing, healthcare, education, and commercial clients with directly employed operatives. Directly comparable to Trident in business model, client mix, and framework-based public sector delivery.
• Sureserve Group: Sureserve Group delivers property services, energy efficiency retrofit, and planned maintenance to social housing providers across the UK. Comparable in target customer (social housing landlords), framework-led delivery, and growing scope of fire safety and decarbonisation works.
• Ian Williams Ltd: Ian Williams is a UK painting, maintenance, and refurbishment contractor with a strong social housing and public sector focus, delivering planned maintenance, fire safety works, and response repairs. Closely comparable in service scope, client base, and directly employed operative model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance13 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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