Radical accountability
When the person designing your security solution owns shares in the company, shortcuts are not an option. Every decision affects their personal wealth.
When your security provider owns its future, it protects yours better
Evolution is the UK and Ireland’s largest employee-owned security company, and that changes how we protect your business.
260+
employee-owners with a personal stake in your security
What employee ownership actually means
A traditional security company
- External shareholders demanding maximum profits
- Short-term thinking driven by quarterly targets
- High staff turnover creating security vulnerabilities
- Cost-cutting that compromises your protection
- Sales teams promising anything to hit targets
An employee-owned company
- Every employee personally invested in your success
- Long-term thinking aligned with your business
- Stable teams who know your sites intimately
- Quality-first approach protecting our shared reputation
- Honest advice because our futures depend on your success
How it changes your security
Intellectual property protection
Your security team knows your trade secrets. With us, those secrets are protected by 260+ people whose financial futures depend on maintaining trust.
Innovation investment
No external shareholders mean profits get reinvested in better technology, training and solutions, not extracted as dividends.
Succession stability
Traditional companies get sold, merged, or asset stripped. We are owned by the people who serve you, creating unmatched stability.
1996
founded by Richard Lambert and John Wust
Apr 2022
moved to an Employee Owned Trust
77%
of the company owned by the Evolution Trust
12 mo
of service before an employee becomes a beneficiary
What this means for you
- Unmatched security commitment. Your security team are owners protecting their own investment by protecting yours.
- Innovative solutions. Profits reinvested in innovation rather than extracted as dividends.
- True partnership. We cannot cash out. Our only path to success is your long-term success.
- Decisive action. No board approval needed for doing the right thing.
Questions about employee ownership
Does this make you more expensive?
No. We are often less expensive because we do not have shareholders extracting profits. Every pound stays in the business, improving service or reducing costs.
Is this just clever marketing?
Check Companies House. We are legally structured as an Employee Ownership Trust. This is verified, audited, and permanent.
Who makes strategic decisions?
Our Senior Leadership Team ensure decisions are communicated to all employee owners for transparency.