Elite Security Group

Elite Security Group is a privately owned security guarding company based in Swindon. It was founded in 1996 and acquired in the same year by Mervyn Huntley. The company has over 30 years of industry expertise. It holds SIA Approved Contractor status and is registered to BS EN ISO 9001. It is also SafeContractor Approved, eLogbooks Approved, and holds Achilles Gold CAS accreditation. The company complies with BS7858, BS7499 and BS7984, and has extensive insurance coverage including £10m Employers Liability and £10m Public Liability.

It provides manned guarding, keyholding, mobile patrols and vacant property inspections. Its clients include FTSE100 insurance underwriters, property holding companies, motor vehicle manufacturers, medical manufacturers, pension and investment companies, property management companies, and shopping centres and retail parks. The company uses geo-location tracking and digital evidence for service delivery. Its legal entities include Elite Security Manned Guarding Limited and Elite Alarm Monitoring Services Limited, trading as Elite Security Group.

Elite Security Group provides door supervision and security services around Swindon, and accounts from members of the public describe violent confrontations with personnel working at venues. Allegations of physical assault recur, together with homophobic remarks directed at people on a night out, and one account states that a phone was smashed during an incident. The safety of the public is a concern raised repeatedly, with the accounts suggesting that guards instigated conflict rather than maintaining order.

One confrontation is described as having escalated unexpectedly, with door staff said to have started the trouble instead of calming it, and the possibility of legal action is mentioned as a consequence of an alleged attack. The harm caused to those involved features throughout, as does advice to avoid the firm altogether. Reviewers describe a failure to protect the public and a lack of restraint from guards on duty, a pattern that runs through the feedback. The recurring theme is aggressive behaviour from door staff, and the accounts leave those who dealt with the company questioning how safety in public spaces is managed.