Our story

We built the software we wished existed for security teams.

Patrovix started from a simple observation: security companies run critical operations on spreadsheets, WhatsApp, and paper. That needs to change.

Why we started

The problem was hiding in plain sight.

Security is one of the UK’s most operationally complex industries. Guard companies manage a constantly changing mix of shifts, sites, client contracts, compliance requirements, and a large, dispersed workforce. Yet the typical technology stack is a rota in a spreadsheet, a WhatsApp group for communications, emailed timesheets, and paper BS7858 forms in a filing cabinet.

The consequences are real: missed compliance deadlines, last-minute scheduling crises, untracked incidents, manual report writing, and clients with no visibility into what they are paying for.

Patrovix replaces that with a single, purpose-built platform that gives every stakeholder in a security operation — manager, guard, client, subcontractor — the tools and information they need, in one place, as it happens.

The UK security industry is governed by some of the most detailed workforce regulations in Europe. BS7858:2019 requires comprehensive vetting for every guard: identity verification, DBS criminal record checks, right-to-work documentation, five years of verified employment history, address history, references, medical assessment, and ongoing SIA licence monitoring. The consequences of non-compliance — loss of ACS accreditation, regulatory exposure, or contract termination — are serious.

So we built the platform around the BS7858 vetting workflow rather than adapting a generic workforce tool. Compliance is the foundation. Scheduling, incident reporting, timesheets, and client visibility are built on top of it, and all of them surface compliance status where it matters.

We are a lean, focused team. Every feature is validated with security operations professionals before it enters the product. We build for the operations managers, HR leads, and compliance officers running UK security businesses today.

10Operational modules
15Founding places
4User portal types
40%Off the plan price for 24 months
Founder

Waleed Mushtaq

Founder and CEO

“Having started my career on the ground as a door supervisor, moving into subcontractor roles, and eventually operating a complete security business, I have lived the requirements of this industry first-hand. I saw the gap between how security operations actually work and what legacy technology offered. Patrovix is my purpose-built answer to those problems.”

Waleed holds a front-line SIA licence and has direct experience managing BS7858 vetting, building guard rotas, handling client relationships, and meeting the compliance demands of UK security contracts.

What we are building
  • Multi-tenant SaaS — your organisation’s data is kept separate, and every request is checked against it
  • UK-first design around BS7858, SIA licensing, and UK employment law
  • Officer suggestions that never propose a Working Time or SIA breach
  • A native iOS and Android app for officers, plus the web portal
Our values

How we build, and how we work with customers.

Compliance first

BS7858 and SIA compliance are the reason Patrovix exists. We think hard about regulatory requirements so our customers do not carry that risk alone.

Built with operators

We work directly with operations managers, HR teams, and compliance officers. Every feature solves a documented problem from a real operation.

Open about where we are

We are pre-launch and in active development, and we say so. Early partners know exactly what they are signing up for.

Move with purpose

We move quickly without sacrificing data integrity or security. Every decision is rooted in what makes security operations more effective.

Built for the UK

UK compliance built in, not bolted on.

Most workforce platforms are built for office-based teams, then adapted — often inadequately — for security. Patrovix starts from the other direction: the legal and operational context of UK security operations comes first.

BS7858:2019 is a first-class part of our data model, not a checkbox. SIA licences are checked against the public register, not typed into a manual field. Right-to-work checks follow UK employment law. Shift rules reflect Security Industry Authority guidance.

The compliance engine is designed to support additional standards and jurisdictions in future, but our launch focus is the UK security sector, where the need is clearest and the gap in purpose-built tooling is widest.

BS7858:2019

A digital vetting workflow covering every required section. BS7858 progress is tracked per section for every officer, with audit-ready records. Officers with an invalid SIA licence can’t be rostered.

SIA licence verification

Checked against the SIA’s public Register of Licence Holders when rostering, hourly, and before each shift. Role, sector, status, and expiry are stored against the officer’s compliance profile.

UK employment law

Right-to-work checks, DBS tracking, and Working Time Regulations awareness in scheduling, for HR teams who need audit-ready records.

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Founding places are open: 15 organisations, 40% off the plan price for 24 months, and a direct line to the product team.

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