London Islington Security Key Holding

Imperial Security provides a key holding and alarm response service for shops, offices, developments and residential blocks across Islington. If you manage a unit on Upper Street, a portfolio of flats near Angel, a construction site off Holloway Road or a shop that has just closed for the night, we hold your keys off site and send a guard out the moment an alarm triggers, so you are not the one getting out of bed or leaving a meeting to check a door.

Our guards attend, inspect the property inside and out, deal with what they find and report back, giving you one point of contact for every out of hours incident.

Islington's empty property problem shapes a lot of the key holding work we do in the borough. Council figures show 733 homes had stood empty for six months or more as of the most recent count, and the council now charges a 200% council tax premium on any property left vacant for over a year, rising to 300% after five years and 400% after ten. That penalty regime makes an unmanaged vacant unit expensive as well as vulnerable, so owners increasingly want scheduled checks and a fast alarm response rather than leaving a property to sit unattended between tenants or during a refurbishment.

The same pattern shows up with occupied premises. A café on Chapel Market, an office in a converted warehouse near Old Street, or a flat above a shop on Essex Road each has its own alarm system, its own awkward access, and its own reason the owner cannot always be the one who answers a 3am call. Key holding lets you hand that responsibility to a team that is set up to deal with it properly, every time.

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 hold keys for corporate offices and warehouse units across the borough where the same out of hours problem applies.

Islington combines dense residential streets, a busy retail and hospitality strip and a steady turnover of building work, and each of those brings its own key and alarm headache for owners who are not on site around the clock.

Nobody available to answer an out of hours alarm

A triggered alarm at 2am usually means calling round staff or neighbours who may not answer or may not want to attend alone. We take that call instead and send a guard who is trained to deal with whatever they find.

Vacant properties left unchecked between tenants

An empty flat or shop with no visible activity is an easy target for squatters and vandals, and it can sit that way for months without anyone noticing a leak or a broken window. Scheduled checks give the property a visible presence and catch problems early.

Keys held insecurely or duplicated without a record

Sets of keys passed between staff, agents and past tenants create risk with no way to know who still has access. We hold the only working set under logged conditions, so lost or duplicated keys stop being a recurring worry.

Contractors needing access with no one free to let them in

An emergency plumber or glazier turning up outside office hours is no use if nobody can get them through the door. We can grant access and stay on site while the work is done, then secure the property again afterwards.