For UK security staffing firms
A Modern Timegate Alternative — Built Around Your Firm, Not Around Theirs
Bespoke shift management, SIA licence tracking, and Martyn's Law readiness software for UK security staffing firms with 20–300 officers. Over five years you'll spend roughly £55,000 — vs £78k–£130k with Timegate. Live in 6 weeks.
Looking for a Timegate alternative?
You're Probably Here Because Timegate Quoted You Enterprise Prices for an SME Operation.
Timegate (owned by TEAM Software / WorkWave) is a genuine market leader — they openly work with 19 of the top 25 UK cleaning and security firms. That's exactly the problem for everyone else. It's built for 1,000-staff enterprise operations. Verified Capterra reviews use phrases like “seriously outdated platform,” “terrible customer support,” “months to fix issues,” and “charged for everything including training.” If you're a 20–300 officer firm, you're paying enterprise prices for a platform that wasn't really designed for you.
SmartSelf AI is the mid-market alternative. A bespoke platform built around your workflow, your SIA compliance requirements, your client tender processes, and your lone-worker protocols — not yours bent to fit theirs. £25,000 one-time plus £500/month ongoing support. Over five years you're looking at £55,000 total, versus £78,000–£130,000 with Timegate. And the phone number on this site rings directly to the person who built your platform.
Same story for WinTeam, SmartTask, and the other specialist enterprise platforms. If you've been quoted by any of them and the number made you wince, book a 30-minute discovery call below. No pressure, no pitch deck, just a conversation about whether bespoke makes sense for where you actually are.
What We Build
Purpose-Built for UK Security Staffing
Every feature is designed around the workflows of SIA-regulated security firms — from licence tracking on every shift to Martyn's Law audit trails.
Full SIA licence tracking
Automated renewal alerts weeks before expiry. No officer ever deploys on an expired licence again.
DBS, first aid, CCTV ticket tracking
All currency documentation in one place, with client-ready compliance reports one click away.
Lone worker safety check-ins
Scheduled pings, geo-tagged confirmations, and escalation alerts when a check-in is missed.
Incident logging with photo + GPS
Time-stamped, geo-tagged, photo-upload incident reports that feed straight into the client report.
Client compliance dashboard
One-click PDF exports with licence status, deployment logs, and training currency for every tender.
Real-time shift coverage dashboard
Gap alerts the moment a shift is at risk, so you fill it before the client knows there was a problem.
Worker PWA for mobile clock-in
Shift acceptance, document upload, incident capture — all from the officer's phone, installed like a native app.
Martyn's Law-ready by design
The operational audit trail Martyn's Law will require — logged, searchable, and exportable from day one.
Martyn's Law
Your Clients Are Already Asking About Compliance.
Martyn's Law (the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act) is due to come into force in 2027. Venue clients are already asking their security suppliers for documented proof of training, licence status, and deployment logs on demand. The firms that get ahead of this win the tender. The firms that don't, lose it.
A Martyn's Law Readiness Checklist (14-point self-scoring matrix) is in production — coming soon as a free download.
Ready Before Martyn's Law — Or Ready After?
Book a 30-minute call. We'll map what your software needs to look like for compliance, and what it costs you to wait.
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