CRITEC GROUP LTD

What CRITEC GROUP LTD does

Critec Group Ltd is a privately held UK security risk consultancy founded in 2001 and incorporated in England and Wales (company number 11700212), headquartered in Wrea Green, Preston, Lancashire, with a second Southern Operations Centre in Epping, Essex. The firm delivers independent end-to-end security consultancy organised around a three-phase Define–Design–Deliver methodology: Define covers threat, risk and vulnerability analysis, feasibility studies, concept design, BRE SABRE assessments, and drone mapping/modelling; Design covers physical and electronic security engineering, blast analysis, hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM), and command and control centre design; Deliver covers tender support, contractor evaluation, client representation, PMO provision, and compliance auditing.

Critec serves three core verticals — National Infrastructure (water, nuclear, gas and electricity transmission, utilities), the Public Sector (government, custodial, education, public transport), and Private Sector (oil & gas, data centres, pharmaceutical, financial trading floors, petrochemical) — with National Infrastructure treated as the primary segment. The firm is licensed by BRE to provide security assessment under the SABRE scheme, holds ISO 9001 accreditation, and has completed the Achilles UVDB Scope C Verified Audit for the utilities sector. Documented engagements include counter-terrorism design at a water processing facility, full project management at four nuclear power stations, full design on 27 gas and electric transmission security upgrade projects, witness testing across 200 utility sites, and commissioning management for CCTV upgrades at 60 urban rail stations.

The business model is project-based professional services revenue earned through direct engagement with enterprise and government clients; pricing is custom and quote-based via the website's 'Register Your Interest' form, with multi-year contract cadence. GTM relies on enterprise field sales, repeat-client referrals, industry event presence (Utilities Week Live, Home Office Security & Policing), and CEO thought-leadership content. Leadership comprises CEO Mark Hobday (NI security since 1987), Managing Director Frank Doherty, and Principal Risk Consultant Russell Wood (BSc Hons, RISC, MSyI; 30+ years industry experience), appointed September 2025 to lead business development. No external funding, M&A activity, or AI/ML capability is disclosed.

Name

CRITEC GROUP LTD

Legal name

Critec Group Ltd

Website

https://critecgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Critec Group Ltd is a UK-based independent security risk consultancy providing threat, vulnerability and blast analysis, security engineering design, and project delivery support for Critical National Infrastructure, public sector, and regulated private-sector clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wrea Green

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Security Consultancy Services: Critec Group provides end-to-end risk consultancy services including security threat, risk and vulnerability analysis, feasibility studies, concept designs, and professional security advisory support for clients across national infrastructure, public sector, and private sector markets.
2. Security Design Services: Physical and electronic security engineering design, blast analysis assessments and design, hostile vehicle mitigation analysis and design, command and control centre design, and project specification production.
3. Project Delivery & Implementation Support: Pre and post tender support, tender evaluation and management, contractor evaluations, client representation, project management office (PMO) provision, package and programme management, security procedure assessment and development, and compliance audits.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CRITEC GROUP LTD is a security consultancy that provides end-to-end protective security services through a Define, Design, Deliver methodology. The firm conducts threat, risk, and vulnerability analysis, develops security engineering designs including blast analysis and hostile vehicle mitigation, and supports clients through tender and project delivery phases. Its clients include organisations responsible for national infrastructure, public spaces, and commercial estates across the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom.

Product overview

CRITEC GROUP LTD is a security consultancy firm offering end-to-end risk consultancy services organized around a three-phase methodology: Define, Design, and Deliver. The Define phase encompasses threat, risk and vulnerability analysis, feasibility studies, concept designs, and BRE SABRE assessments. The Design phase provides physical and electronic security engineering design, blast analysis, hostile vehicle mitigation, and command and control centre design. The Deliver phase offers tender support, project management, and compliance auditing services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Define Services Front-end concept-stage security consultancy for organisations responsible for national infrastructure, public spaces, and commercial estates. Includes threat, risk, and vulnerability analysis, feasibility studies, concept security designs, BRE SABRE aligned assessments, and drone-based site mapping to establish the baseline risk picture and scope of protective security requirements.
• Design Services Detailed security engineering design service for public and private sector clients, producing security engineering design packages, blast analysis, hostile vehicle mitigation solutions, and command and control centre designs. Outputs are captured in design recommendations reports intended to inform downstream procurement and construction.
• Deliver Services Procurement and implementation support service for clients deploying approved security designs, providing tender documentation support, project management through construction and commissioning, and post-installation compliance audits to verify that protective security outcomes meet the agreed specification.

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered security upgrades across 200 utility sites meeting regulatory output requirements
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Achilles UVDBcoreOthersCritec Group has completed the Achilles UVDB Scope C Verified Audit for the Utilities Sector. Results are published on the official Achilles UVDB suppliers list, demonstrating compliance and quality standards for the utilities sector.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• AtkinsRéalis: Engineering and project management consultancy with a UK security and nuclear practice. Overlaps with Critec on rail, utilities and nuclear security design.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consultancy offering security design and risk services alongside engineering. Larger incumbent that bids against Critec in CNI and major-project work.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with a security and resilience practice covering physical security, blast and CNI design. Competes for the same large infrastructure and utility tenders but from a much broader portfolio.
• WSP: Engineering consultancy with security and resilience capabilities serving transport, property and infrastructure clients. Competes for built-environment security design mandates.

Direct peers

• Control Risks: Global security and risk consultancy delivering threat, vulnerability and security design services to corporate and government clients. Closest direct competitor to Critec on security risk advisory for critical infrastructure.
• S-RM: Security and intelligence consultancy providing risk assessments, security design and embedded advisory to corporate, financial and infrastructure clients. Overlaps with Critec on threat-led security consulting.
• F24: Crisis management and security consultancy offering risk analysis, security advisory and incident response across Europe. Comparable in offering security risk and resilience consulting for enterprise clients.
• Amarante: European security and risk consultancy with physical security design, threat assessment and CNI experience. Direct competitor on security engineering for the built environment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/critec-consult-limited

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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