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The ExcluSec Group

The ExcluSec Group

3.3(28 reviews)See reviews ↓·Bolton

About the company

The ExcluSec Group Limited was founded in 2010. The company is based in Bolton and operates primarily across the North West of the UK. It is led by an experienced Managing Director supported by a senior leadership team. The company provides security, facilities and training services, and offers accredited training courses. The company states a client retention rate of 98% and is rated a 'Very Good' place to work by Best Companies.

What customers say

Based on genuine customer reviews

Security guarding services in Bolton receive a mixed response across the feedback left by clients and officers, with the company’s professional management and event staffing drawing particular praise. A number of reviewers describe the teams as polite, accommodating and dependable, with one long-standing client noting that they have returned to the same security provider rather than looking elsewhere. The setup and organisation behind the operation also come in for positive comment, with professional management and well-run event work singled out. Newly inducted security officers mention receiving helpful guidance during their induction. These strengths, however, sit alongside repeated complaints about conduct.

Several accounts describe interactions as unprofessional and poorly organised, citing communication that breaks down and details shared without consent. A recurring criticism concerns how grievances are handled, with reviewers saying mistakes are not acknowledged and that calls are ended abruptly. One particularly serious account describes an incident at a charity marathon in Manchester involving a member of the public, while another raises an allegation about poaching work in Tameside. Taken as a whole, the feedback points to a provider whose day-to-day reliability is valued by some clients but whose professionalism and complaint handling remain contested points.

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Reviews

Reviews are taken from publicly available sources.

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Aidan Hatton11 December 2025

If you tell someone you will respond via call the same day with an outcome , do not proceed to then use an automated response a week later on a job site , it is unprofessional and ungrateful.

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adnan akbar19 April 2024

I have been praying there in Ramdan. I normally attend on Fridays.

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Anonymous14 April 2024

Travelled to Manchester to watch my boyfriend and sister running a marathon for Young Lives vs Cancer Charity, I was really excited to watch them and was waiting at the finish line and was treated DISGUSTINGLY by this woman in the photo, who grabbed, pinched, and twisted my arm as I walked in the “wrong direction” although preceded to let other people do the same thing. VILE company that allows assault to young women.

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Richard Walpole24 June 2022

From an event organisers point of view I would avoid appointing ExcluSec. 6 months after contracting them for a 20,000 attendance festival in 2021 and putting down a 50% deposit, we were informed they could no longer support the event with only 6 days notice from when the cover was supposed to start. After believing we had a good relationship with the MD, we were informed by email, apologising for the inconvenience but refused to take our calls or in any way attempt to help us resolve the mess they had left us in so close to our event. I did eventually speak to another director after a number of calls who merely stated they would issue me a full refund (which they did the same day) but were unwilling to support us find a replacement. At the time we were coming out of the pandemic and there was a staffing shortage, but as per my comment above they had 6 months to plan the provision, failed to notify us at any point they were struggling to cover the event and left us in a situation, 1 week before our event without any security provision, which could have seriously damaged our business. They are deeply unprofessional and are not worth the risk. EDIT: It was nice to hear from James (the MD) for the first time since his email (only 5 minutes after writing the review), following our communication I've added that they refunded me the same day they withdrew their services... 6 days before the show, with no pre warning, or offer of support to source an alternative.

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Based Afghan24 June 2022

Very hard to talk to control and poorly trained staff who answers the calls even sometimes cuts the calls

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barry higgins12 January 2022
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sahil sahil16 October 2021

Security guarding in Bolton compared

Ordered by rating, weighted by the number of reviews — businesses with only a handful of reviews do not jump to the top automatically. 5 businesses in this category in Bolton are compared.

RankProviderRatingReviewsOpen Sat.
1Agile Guarding Services★ 5,052Yes
2A&Y Training and Security Services Ltd★ 4,816Yes
3KSS NW LTD★ 4,719Yes
4Cole Security Services Ltd★ 3,327No
5The ExcluSec Group (this page)★ 3,328No
Contact
www.exclusec.co.ukBridgeman House, 77 Bridgeman St, Bolton BL3 6BY