Manned Guarding
Manned guarding businesses face persistent margin pressure from SIA licensing costs, officer scheduling complexity, TUPE obligations on contract transfers, and client retention challenges. Labour on-costs, uniform procurement, and site-specific vetting requirements add further cost layers that are rarely reviewed holistically.
What we’d investigate
We don't guarantee results in every area. We investigate each one systematically — and only invoice from what we can actually verify.
SIA licence renewal and vetting costs are a significant overhead for manned guarding operations. We review your licensing administration processes and identify where workflow improvements may reduce cost and administrative burden.
Labour scheduling complexity drives overtime and agency usage in security businesses. We review your rostering model, shift patterns, and deployment efficiency to identify where cost can be reduced without compromising cover.
CCTV, access control, monitoring platform, and remote monitoring centre costs accumulate across client contracts. We review your technology stack and recurring licence costs to identify where consolidation may reduce spend.
Specialist subcontractors for cyber security, alarm installation, and technical services carry costs that are often agreed without competitive review. We benchmark your subcontractor terms and identify where retendering may reduce cost.
Public liability, employer liability, and professional indemnity premiums are significant for security businesses. We review your insurance programme and risk profile to identify where retendering or risk management improvements may reduce cost.
Mobile patrol vehicle leasing, fuel, and maintenance costs accumulate significantly across a patrol operation. We review your fleet terms and operational efficiency to identify where cost can be reduced.
SIA-required training, first aid certification, and site-specific induction costs are ongoing. We review your training procurement and delivery model to identify where cost-effective alternatives may reduce spend.
Uniform, PPE, and operational equipment purchasing represents a recurring cost line. We review your procurement terms, supplier contracts, and equipment lifecycles to identify where savings may be available.
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How we deliver it
Owlpen is our proprietary intelligence platform — purpose-built to find, verify, and sustain cost reductions and operational performance improvements across every area of your business. It powers every Coaley Peak engagement.
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Verified cost reduction and performance improvement — independently confirmed, billed only from results.
Connects to your existing platforms, maps every workflow against your cost base, and benchmarks spend and throughput against sector peers. Owlpen can target cost savings, efficiency gains, or both simultaneously. £0 upfront. No retainers.
15–30%
Cost savings, typically
20–40%
Efficiency gain, typically
Share of results
Billing model
£0
Setup cost
Figures are illustrative. Billing is a pre-agreed share of independently verified savings or performance gains. Actual results depend on your cost base, industry, and scope — confirmed during your process audit. No invoice is raised until results are verified.
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The commercial terms
No-obligation audit
We can scope what we can find before you commit to anything.
£0 upfront
No retainer. No setup fee. We only invoice from verified savings.
Independent verification
Every saving confirmed by a qualified third party — funded by us — before we invoice.
30 days’ notice
No lock-in. You can exit with 30 days’ notice if you’re not satisfied.
We run an audit of your cost base and tell you what we can find before you commit to anything. No obligation, no sales pressure.
Use cases and capabilities — important notice. The use cases, needs, and capabilities described on this website are illustrative examples of areas where AI and automation may be able to add value. They are not representations, warranties, or guarantees that any specific outcome, saving, or improvement will be achievable for any particular client. The applicability of any use case depends on the client's specific IT infrastructure, data architecture, operational processes, workforce arrangements, contractual obligations, and regulatory environment. Coaley Peak will assess compatibility — including system integrations, data handling requirements, and human and technical constraints — during the scoping and audit process before any engagement begins. No work will commence on a specific use case until its feasibility has been assessed and agreed in writing. Nothing on this website constitutes advice, a representation, or a commitment in relation to any specific use case or technology. Descriptions of approaches, methods, and techniques are general in nature; Coaley Peak makes no representation as to whether any specific implementation may be subject to third-party intellectual property rights — including patents — and clients are responsible for obtaining independent legal advice where required. Where use cases reference regulated activities — including but not limited to anti-money laundering, FCA-regulated functions, KYC, data protection compliance, employment law, or sector-specific regulatory obligations — implementation does not reduce, replace, or discharge any statutory or regulatory duty incumbent on the client, and clients remain solely responsible for compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements. Data handling capabilities are subject to the client's infrastructure, applicable data protection legislation (including UK GDPR), and the terms of any data processing agreement in force between the parties. Queries: legal@coaleypeak.co.uk.
Pay on results — eligibility notice. Results-based pricing applies exclusively to commercial contracts signed on or after 24 March 2026. All engagements entered into before this date — including any subsequent renewals — are not subject to pay on results terms and are governed solely by the pricing structure in the original agreement, unless a separate written addendum specifically incorporating pay on results terms has been executed by both parties. All pay on results contracts carry a document reference beginning contract_payonresults. If you are unsure which terms apply to your engagement, please contact legal@coaleypeak.co.uk.
All claims on this page are general descriptions of Coaley Peak's service model and are not guarantees of specific outcomes. Results vary by business, cost base, and baseline efficiency. "No upfront cost" refers to the pay-on-results pricing model; ancillary costs (e.g. third-party integrations) may apply and are disclosed before engagement. Independent verification is funded by Coaley Peak and conducted by a qualified professional who is not an employee of Coaley Peak. The "30 days' notice" exit term applies to standard commercial contracts; bespoke terms may differ. See our Terms & Conditions, Guarantee, and Independent Verification pages for full details.
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Last modified: 27 March 2026
Industries·Security Services·Manned Guarding