Security Industry Authority

Plan of the organisational structure of the Security Industry Authority (SIA).

Details of expenses claimed by the SIA's Chair and non-executive directors.

Data on SIA approved contractors. Includes the total number of approved contractors and a breakdown by licensing sector and UK region.

Data on SIA licence holders. Includes a breakdown by age, gender, nationality, licensing sector and UK region.

Data on SIA licence applications. This page is updated on a monthly basis.

A list of the people and companies the SIA is currently prosecuting.

A list of the people and companies prosecuted by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) over the last 12 months.

This business plan sets out what the Security Industry Authority will be doing over the next year.

The sanctions we apply if an SIA approved contractor is in breach of ACS conditions.

A monthly report on the SIA's enforcement activity.

Guidance and templates that will help you to plan your assessment.

These documents set out the rules the SIA uses to manage its voluntary Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS).

This privacy notice explains how the SIA processes your personal data. In particular, it explains how we collect, use, disclose, transfer and store your data.

The strategic plan sets out what the Security Industry Authority will be doing over the next few years.

An SIA approved contractor is assessed every year, must inform us of significant changes to the company, and must use the ACS mark correctly.

Answers to the questions most commonly asked by SIA approved contractors, licence applicants and licence holders about the changes that we are making.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 23 July 2025.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 6 November 2025.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 5 February 2026.

This document sets out the rules the SIA uses to make licensing decisions.

The SIA is consulting on a draft of our 'section 12' guidance, which sets out how we propose to exercise our functions as the Martyn's Law regulator.

Answers to the questions most commonly asked by licence applicants and licence holders about the changes that we are making.

Guidance for training providers: what you need to know if you will be delivering SIA licence-linked training after 1 April 2021.

Answers to the questions most commonly asked by licence applicants and licence holders about the change to the licence fee.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 8 May 2025.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 25 July 2024.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 20 March 2025.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 6 February 2025.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 14 November 2024.

The Security Industry Authority annual report and accounts for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.

A quarterly report on how well the SIA has done in responding to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.

The Home Office is consulting on proposals to implement the Manchester Arena Inquiry’s recommendations 7 and 8.

This page details our social media policy.

A report summarising the results of the SIA's 2025 customer satisfaction survey.

We are consulting on proposed changes to the criteria we use when making our licensing decisions. We publish the criteria in our 'Get Licensed' document.

This business plan sets out what the Security Industry Authority will be doing over the next year.

A report summarising the results of the SIA's 2024 customer satisfaction survey.

Information about funding we have awarded to registered charities and community interest companies in the UK through the SIA grant for good causes.

Details of all Home Office spending over £25,000 for 2024.

The Security Industry Authority annual report and accounts for the period 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

The Security Industry Authority's policy on publishing details of active criminal investigations and prosecutions.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 20 June 2024.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 2 May 2024.

The SIA is seeking to change the way we approve businesses. We want to ensure that public protection is at the heart of the process.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 15 March 2024.

This business plan sets out what the Security Industry Authority will be doing over the next year.

A statement from the Security Industry Authority.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 8 February 2024.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 2 November 2023.

A report summarising the results of the SIA's 2023 customer satisfaction survey.

Research carried out by BMG Research on behalf of the Security Industry Authority into public trust and confidence in the private security industry and the SIA.

The SIA's response to the Department for Business and Trade on proposed changes to the statutory guidance underpinning the growth duty.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 25 July 2023.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 11 May 2023.

The Security Industry Authority annual report and accounts for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

The strategic plan sets out what the Security Industry Authority will be doing over the next few years.

This business plan sets out what the Security Industry Authority will be doing over the next year.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 23 March 2023.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 2 February 2023.

The SIA's update to the Manchester Arena Inquiry on monitored recommendations 7 and 8.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 3 November 2022.

Reports on the economic impact of SIA regulation on business.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 28 July 2022.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 3 February 2022.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 5 May 2022.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 24 March 2022.

This business plan sets out what the Security Industry Authority will be doing over the next year.

The Security Industry Authority annual report and accounts for the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.

Equality impact assessment for changes the SIA made to its close protection licence-linked training in April 2022.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 4 November 2021.

Reports on the economic impact of SIA regulation on business.

This is the SIA's impact assessment for the changes made to SIA licence-linked qualifications in 2021.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 29 July 2021.

The SIA's interim update to the Manchester Arena Inquiry on monitored recommendations 7 and 8.

Read the minutes of the SIA Board meeting held on 6 May 2021.

The Security Industry Authority annual report and accounts for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.