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Services

Property Security Services

Guardian Edge designs, installs, maintains and responds to property security systems throughout the UK — CCTV, intruder alarms, access control, intercoms, automatic gates, keyholding, alarm response, boarding up and vacant property protection, delivered by one provider across single sites and national portfolios.

Who we work for

  • Property managers and managing agents
  • Facilities managers with security systems across multiple buildings
  • Landlords, letting agents and housing providers
  • Commercial, retail, industrial and logistics operators
  • Owners of vacant or part-occupied property

What usually brings people to us

  • Cameras are installed but the footage is unusable when it is actually needed
  • Nobody knows who still holds a working access fob
  • An alarm activates and there is no agreed response other than a director's mobile
  • A vacant building is attracting trespass, theft or fly-tipping
  • Systems across the portfolio are from five different installers on five different contracts
  • The gate has failed and the site cannot operate until someone attends

Compliance

Where the duty actually sits

  • CCTV that records identifiable individuals is processing personal data. The UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 apply, and the ICO's video surveillance guidance sets out what that means in practice.
  • You need a lawful basis, signage that tells people they are being recorded and who operates the system, a retention period you can justify, and a way of responding to subject access requests.
  • Automatic gates are machinery. The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 apply to new installations, and existing gates must be maintained in a safe condition — force testing and safety edge verification are part of that, not an optional extra.
  • Guardian Edge does not publish manned guarding or door supervision services. Where a requirement calls for licensable SIA activity we will say so and work with a licensed provider rather than imply a capability we do not hold.

Procurement, simplified

What happens next?

  1. 01

    Tell us what you need

    One form, one call or one email. A photograph or an existing report is enough to start.

  2. 02

    We assess the requirement

    We confirm scope, access, and whether a site survey is needed before anything is priced.

  3. 03

    You receive a clear quotation

    Itemised, with what is included and what is not. No provisional sums that move later.

  4. 04

    We arrange attendance

    A confirmed date and window, with the engineer or trade named in advance.

  5. 05

    Works are completed

    Carried out by directly managed engineers or vetted specialist subcontractors.

  6. 06

    Evidence is supplied

    Certification, test records and photographic evidence where the work calls for it.

Answers

Property Security questions.

Do we need to register CCTV with the ICO?
Most organisations operating CCTV need to pay the ICO's data protection fee, unless an exemption applies. Beyond the fee, you need a lawful basis for the recording, clear signage identifying the operator, a documented and justifiable retention period, and a process for handling subject access requests. Domestic CCTV that captures only your own property is treated differently from CCTV that captures a public space or a workplace.
How long should CCTV footage be kept?
For no longer than necessary for the purpose you collected it. There is no fixed legal period. Thirty days is a common working figure for general premises security and is usually defensible, but the retention period should be a decision you can explain rather than whatever the recorder happened to be set to.

Get a property security quotation.

One form, one call or one email. A photograph or an existing report is enough for us to start — and we will tell you plainly whether a site survey is needed before anything is priced.

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