London Enfield Security Key Holding

Imperial Security provides key holding and alarm response cover for businesses, warehouses and residential blocks across Enfield, storing your keys under secure protocols and sending a licensed security guard to your premises whenever an alarm activates, a contractor needs access, or a site check is due outside your normal hours.

Retail units on the high streets, industrial premises on the borough's estates and managed residential blocks all use this service so that nobody on staff has to leave home in the middle of the night to deal with a triggered alarm. It covers alarm response, out-of-hours contractor access and scheduled site checks, so a facilities manager can judge quickly whether it fits their site.

Most burglar alarms in Enfield are not linked to an automatic police response. Under the national Security Systems Policy that the Metropolitan Police applies, only alarms with a valid Unique Reference Number get police attendance as standard, and even then a callout depends on whatever else officers are dealing with at the time. Where there is no URN, or where the keyholder cannot be reached, police will only attend if someone is physically at the scene confirming a crime is in progress. In practice this means the alarm company's monitoring centre needs a keyholder who will actually answer the phone and get to the premises, not a name on a form who is on holiday or two hours away. That gap is what our Enfield key holding service is built to close.

We hold a sealed set of your keys at our facility and send a local guard whenever your alarm receiving centre calls us, rather than a director or manager having to drop what they're doing. The same guard can also let in a contractor, check a fire door has been secured properly, or confirm a false alarm without anyone from your team needing to attend in person.

7 Day Rolling Contract

No hidden fees, hassle free, Flexible. Not locked into a long-term contract. Easy to scale up or down

Sector Specific Experience

Each security guard is selected based on experience relevant to that specific sector

Street Wise & Vigilant

Local, street-smart expertly trained to protect & deter threats. Confident & observant

We also support construction sites and event venues in Enfield that need a keyholder for the periods when their own security cover isn't on site.

Enfield's spread of high street retail, large industrial estates and residential blocks means keyholder demand comes from very different directions, and each brings its own reason for calls to come in.

Alarms with no automatic police response

Unless a system holds a valid Unique Reference Number, the Metropolitan Police will only attend an activated alarm if someone at the scene confirms a crime is happening, and even URN-registered alarms depend on what else officers are dealing with. We remove that gap by sending a guard to check the premises directly and report exactly what we find.

Directors and managers listed as keyholder by default

Many smaller Enfield businesses have a single named keyholder, usually the owner or manager, who is expected to attend at any hour regardless of distance or personal commitments. Naming us as keyholder instead means that responsibility no longer falls on one person.

Large industrial units left unattended overnight

Warehouse and distribution units on the borough's estates are often unoccupied outside shift hours, giving an intruder time before anyone would normally notice. A rapid physical response to an alarm activation closes that window.

Contractors needing access outside working hours

Repairs, deliveries and maintenance visits often fall outside a site's normal opening times, and arranging staff cover for each one is impractical. We handle authorised access on your instruction so the work goes ahead without disrupting anyone's day.