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Software for manned guarding companies
Static posts, mobile patrol runs and key holding all in one system — with the reporting your clients keep asking for and the rota tools your controllers actually need.
Contract guarding is a margin business. You win work on price, you keep it on evidence, and you lose money in the gap between hours booked and hours billed. SMS-Patrol is built around those three facts.
Whether you run twelve officers on three sites or ninety across forty, the same system covers static posts, mobile patrol rounds, key holding call-outs and relief cover — without a separate tool for each.
What SMS-Patrol handles for you
The specific jobs that come up in manned guarding work.
Proving attendance to a sceptical client
Clock-on with GPS, checkpoint scans through the shift, and a report that shows exactly who was on site and when.
Rebuilding the rota every week
Copy the pattern forward, fill the gaps, publish to every phone. Clash and leave checks run before you commit.
Mobile patrol rounds
One officer, several sites, a set number of visits each. Every stop is logged with arrival, duration and scans.
Key holding and alarm response
Log the call-out, the attendance time, what was found and what was done — with photos, in one entry.
Billing that matches reality
Verified hours priced at per-client rates, with variances flagged before the invoice leaves.
Lone officers overnight
SOS and check-in timers on every plan, with a logged escalation chain for your risk assessment.
Why operators in this sector choose us
One flat price for the whole company, every feature included, and an app your team can learn in the time it takes to make a cup of tea.
- Static, mobile and key holding on one platform
- Per-client and per-site charge rates
- Relief pools and last-minute cover
- Night, weekend and bank holiday uplifts
- Client-ready PDF reports, scheduled weekly
- Full audit trail for tenders and disputes
“Invoicing used to take half a day every week. Now it takes 10 minutes.”
Live on your first site today
Setup is included in the price, and we do it with you on a screen share.
Add the site
We set up your client, site and checkpoints together on a call — usually under an hour.
Fit the checkpoints
Stick NFC tags or QR labels on your next visit, or start with GPS points and add tags later.
Invite your team
Officers install the free app and log in. Training takes about five minutes.
Send the first report
By the end of the week you have a report your client can read. That is usually the moment it sells itself.
Manned guarding — common questions
Yes. A static post is a shift at one site with checkpoints; a mobile patrol is a shift covering several sites with a required number of visits at each. Both are configured the same way and appear on the same rota.
Yes — per client and per site, with separate rates for nights, weekends and bank holidays, and separate pay and charge rates so you can see margin per contract.
Most tender questionnaires now ask about real-time monitoring, lone worker provision and reporting. Being able to answer all three with evidence, and attach a sample report, puts you ahead of competitors who cannot.
Up to 40 on the £60 plan and up to 100 on the £100 plan. Above that we quote separately.