Global Security Guards

What Global Security Guards does

Global Security Guards Ltd is a UK private limited company headquartered in East London (Company House number 12445347) that delivers manned and specialist security services to commercial, industrial, retail, and residential clients nationwide. Founded in 2020, the firm deploys SIA-licensed security personnel across eight primary verticals — retail, construction sites, events and venues, care homes, warehouses and logistics, gatemen/traffic management, corporate offices, and residential buildings — supported by add-on services including mobile patrols, CCTV monitoring, keyholding and alarm response, and security dog (K9) teams. The company holds a comprehensive set of UK industry accreditations: SIA ACS Approved Contractor, ISO 9001, NSI Guarding Gold, ICO data-protection registration, and COP119 event security accreditation (added in 2025), which together enable it to compete for enterprise and public-sector contracts and to supply vetted officers to other security firms.

The business model is professional services, revenue is generated through bespoke contracts — both short-term cover and longer-term engagements — priced per deployment and tailored to client-specific factors such as service type, duration, location, and risk profile. There is no public rate card; prospective clients request a free, no-obligation quote through the company website, by phone (+44 208 051 7905), or by email. The go-to-market combines inbound demand generation (website forms, content marketing via a security-topic blog, and organic social presence on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram) with an outbound consultative field-sales motion that follows a five-step process: initial consultation, site assessment, tailored security plan, deployment, and ongoing monitoring. Revenue streams are organized around three lines: professional security guarding services, event security staffing (including COP119 B2B officer supply), and specialist security services (CCTV, mobile patrols, K9, alarm response, keyholding).

Global Security Guards is family-owned, bootstrapped, and operates without external institutional investment, a parent company, or disclosed subsidiaries. The firm reports a very small core team (9 employees), which is consistent with an operating model that relies heavily on a subcontractor workforce of SIA-licensed guards for on-site deployment. There are no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, named leadership, or disclosed revenue figures, and the company's competitive positioning rests primarily on its regulatory credentials, multi-vertical flexibility, and rapid deployment capability rather than on proprietary technology or scale advantages.

Name

Global Security Guards

Legal name

Global Security Guards Ltd

Website

https://global-security.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Global Security Guards Ltd is a London-headquartered, family-owned UK security services firm founded in 2020 that deploys SIA-licensed guards across retail, construction, events, care homes, warehouses, and residential clients nationwide, with quote-based short- and long-term contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Security Services

NAICS

Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services (56161), Security Guards and Patrol Services (561612)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Manned Guarding & Site Security (Static Guards) (BPABAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Manned Guarding & Patrol Services (IMAIAEAA)

Keywords

• Manned guarding services
• Event security staffing
• Construction site security
• SIA licensed security
• Mobile patrol security

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Security Guarding Services: Revenue generated from deploying SIA licensed security personnel to client sites on short-term or long-term contracts. Services include manned/static guarding, access control, monitoring, and patrol services.
2. Event Security Staffing: Supply of trained security officers to events, including COP119-accredited staffing to other security firms. Revenue is earned per deployment or contract for crowd management, stewarding, access control, and incident response.
3. Specialist Security Services: Specialist services including CCTV monitoring, mobile patrols, security dog (K9) teams, alarm response, and keyholding provided as add-on or standalone services to complement core guarding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Global Security Guards Ltd deploys SIA-licensed security personnel to client sites across the UK under short-term and long-term contracts. Services span manned/static guarding, mobile patrols, CCTV monitoring, keyholding and alarm response, K9 security teams, and COP119-accredited event staffing across verticals including retail, construction, events, care homes, warehouses and logistics, gatemen/traffic management, corporate offices, and residential buildings.

Product overview

Global Security Guards Ltd is a security services company offering a portfolio of human-based security services rather than a software platform. The core offering consists of manned guarding services across six primary verticals: Retail Security, Event Security, Care Home Security, Construction Site Security, Gatemen & Traffic Management, and Warehouse & Logistics Security. Supporting these are additional services including Mobile Patrols, CCTV Monitoring, Keyholding and Alarm Response, and Security Dog Teams (K9). The company operates as a single unified service offering where clients select specific service types tailored to their operational needs, with flexible deployment options including short-term cover and long-term contracts across London and the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Retail Security Professional retail security guards providing theft prevention, incident response, store monitoring, and a safe environment for customers, staff and store operations in retail stores, shopping centres, and high street locations.
• Event Security Professional event security teams managing access control, crowd safety, queue management, and incident response for private events, corporate functions, and public gatherings.
• Care Homes Security (Wake & Watch) Dedicated security personnel for care homes and wake-and-watch fire safety services, providing continuous monitoring, resident safety support, and calm professional assistance.
• Construction Site Security Professional construction site security protecting equipment, materials and personnel with controlled access, perimeter monitoring, regular patrols, and 24-hour coverage.
• Gatemen & Traffic Management Professional gatemen managing site access, vehicle movement, traffic control, and visitor management while maintaining safety, organisation and smooth site operations.
• Warehouse & Logistics Security Dependable warehouse and logistics security services protecting stock, staff and operations with access control, vehicle monitoring, patrols and continuous site monitoring.
• Manned Guarding Trained security guards providing visible security presence for commercial buildings, construction sites, or residential properties with access control and incident response capabilities.
• Mobile Patrols Regular or random patrols for properties that do not require permanent security presence, providing day and night coverage to keep properties secure.
• CCTV Monitoring Real-time remote surveillance of properties using CCTV systems to identify potential issues before they escalate, providing 24/7 monitoring capability.
• Keyholding and Alarm Response First response service to alarm activations, day or night, with rapid response ensuring security breaches are dealt with quickly and professionally.
• Security Dog Teams (K9) Highly trained K9 security dog units providing enhanced detection, deterrence, and quick response capabilities, particularly useful for larger sites and night-time patrols.
• COP119 Staffing Services Supply of additional vetted security personnel to other security firms, with COP119 accreditation ensuring high standards and quality assurance in staffing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Construction site theft spikes during darker months (November to February) with an estimated 20% increase in theft incidents, which the company's services are designed to mitigate.

Named customers4 records

Segments8 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

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sodexo Engage: UK division of Sodexo providing security services alongside broader employee engagement and facilities offerings. Significant overlap in retail, events, and corporate security guarding markets.
• Allied Universal (formerly G4S UK): UK arm of the world's largest security services company. Provides manned guarding, event security, and specialist security across all the verticals served by Global Security Guards, with significantly greater scale and enterprise framework contracts.
• Mitie Security: UK security guarding division of Mitie Group plc. Offers SIA-licensed manned guarding, mobile patrols, CCTV, and event security across the same verticals as Global Security Guards, but as part of a much larger facilities management and security portfolio.

Regional players

• Loomis UK: UK cash-in-transit and security services provider. Comparable as a UK-based security services company but primarily focused on cash handling rather than manned guarding, making it a partial/adjacent peer.

Direct peers

• Corps Security: UK security guarding specialist with similar vertical coverage including corporate, retail, construction, and events. Holds NSI Guarding Gold and SIA ACS, making it the closest regulatory and operational peer.
• Wilson James: UK-focused security and logistics services provider. Direct comparable — delivers SIA-licensed manned guarding, construction site security, event security, and warehouse/logistics security, competing for the same mid-market and enterprise clients.
• Axis Security (now part of SSGC): UK SIA-licensed manned guarding and concierge security provider. Direct comparable for corporate office, residential, and retail security contracts in London and across the UK.
• Securitas UK: Largest UK-focused manned guarding and mobile patrol provider. Direct comparable — operates the same SIA-licensed guarding, mobile patrol, and keyholding services across the UK with similar vertical exposure to retail, construction, and corporate clients.
• Bidvest Noonan: UK and Ireland security and facilities services provider offering SIA-licensed manned guarding, mobile patrols, keyholding, and event security. Directly competes for retail, construction, and corporate guarding contracts.
• First Security Services: UK security guarding firm offering manned guarding, mobile patrols, keyholding, and event security. Comparable sized mid-market peer serving similar verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/61554567891234
• Facebookfacebook.com/61554567891234
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/global-security-guards-ltd
• Instagraminstagram.com/global_security_guards

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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