Why Employee Ownership Matters for Your Security
When Your Security Provider Owns Their Future, They Protect Yours Better.
Evolution is the UK and Ireland's largest employee-owned security company. This is a fundamental difference that transforms how we protect your business.
The Evolution Difference in Numbers:
260+ employee-owners with a personal stake in your security
94% client retention rate (industry average: 67%)
12 year average employee tenure vs 6 months industry standard
Zero external shareholders demanding short-term profits
What Employee Ownership Actually Means
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
Employee-Owned Advantage:
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 Employee Ownership Transforms Your Security
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.
Intellectual Property Protection
Your security team knowing your trade secrets? That is scary with traditional providers. With us, those secrets are protected by 260+ people whose financial futures depend on maintaining trust. Breaching your trust means risking their own money. That is real security.
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.
What This Means for You
Unmatched Security Commitment
Your security team are not just employees, they are owners protecting their own investment by protecting yours.
Innovative Solutions
Profits reinvested in innovation, not extracted as dividends, means you get cutting-edge security continuously.
True Partnership
We can not cash out. Our only path to success is your long-term success.
Aligned Incentives
Your growth directly benefits the people protecting you. That is alignment you can not fake.
Decisive Action
No board approval needed for doing the right thing. Employee-owners make decisions quickly.
How We Became Employee-Owned
The Journey:
In 2019, our founders faced a choice: sell to a multinational or trust the team who built Evolution. They chose trust.
The Process:
Employee Ownership Trust established
Shares transferred to employee benefit
Governance structure created
Now: 260+ employee-owners strong
The Result:
Where traditional security companies see costs, we see investments. Where they see contracts, we see partnerships. Where they see jobs, we see careers worth owning.
FAQs 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.
How do I know employee-owners care more?
Ask our staff about their shareholding. The pride is visible and genuine.
A Personal Message from Our Employee-Owners
"Every morning, 260+ of us wake up knowing that your security success directly impacts our futures. That's not a responsibility we take lightly. When we say we're invested in your security, we mean it, literally.
If something needs addressing, the person doing it isn't thinking about their next job. They're thinking about their shareholding, their colleagues' trust, and the company they're building for their future.
That's the Evolution difference. That's employee ownership."
- The Employee-Owners of Evolution