The Kingdom Group

The Kingdom Group: security, cleaning and staffing services across the UK

The Kingdom Group is a UK-based service organisation that brings together security, cleaning and hygiene, healthcare staffing, recruitment, local authority support, systems and training under a single group structure. Its website describes an operation with revenues exceeding £300m and a team of more than 11,500 colleagues, serving over 2,300 customers at more than 5,000 site locations. The group's national support and command centre is in Merseyside, supported by regional offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, London and Belfast, and it also reports an expanding presence in India.

Security services and systems

The security division covers foot patrols and roaming officers, mobile patrols with response and key holding, waking watch and fire warden duties, CCTV operators, concierge and front-of-house staff, and event stewarding. It also serves retail and shopping centres and provides access control solutions. Under its systems offering, the group installs and maintains permanent and temporary CCTV, access controls, fire alarms and intruder alarms, including static systems, site-managed systems, permanent fixed installation systems and maintenance arrangements.

Cleaning, hygiene and environmental support

Kingdom Cleaning provides contract cleaning, periodic cleaning, carpet and upholstery cleaning, technical cleaning, deep cleaning, washroom services and window cleaning. The division also covers pest control, waste removal and landscaping. The group states that Kingdom Cleaning was introduced more than ten years ago to serve customers through a combined service model.

Recruitment, healthcare and local authority support

The recruitment and staffing arm supplies warehouse and production operatives, pickers and packers, drivers, and call and contact centre operatives. It offers temporary labour supply, onsite managed services, a master vendor single-invoice solution, seasonal onsite managed services and supported check-ins. The healthcare division provides daily theatre nurses, ITU nurses, midwives, AMU staff, ANPs and paediatric staff. Local authority support includes litter and waste environment patrols, anti-social behaviour and community safety patrols on a permanent and temporary basis, fly-tipping and waste enforcement with technical solutions, absence support, front-line CPD, environmental training, and dog, park and night wardens.

Training and workforce development

The group operates a training academy offering apprenticeships, accredited qualifications and bespoke training solutions. It also reports that apprenticeship levy transfer funding is available. The Kingdom Group states that it is a founder patron of Youth Zone and has donated more than £400k to Youth Zones and outreach programmes, and that it has celebrated 871 commendations.

Ownership, history and credentials

Terry Barton, the founder and CEO, started Kingdom in 1993 as a small local business. The company made its first acquisition within ten months and was recognised nationally by 2006. Its recruitment business, which grew out of its own staffing needs, is now described as a £100m operation. Kingdom India was created following the founder's charity work in a rural village and has since generated 2,500 jobs. The group holds industry-recognised credentials and awards, and its website lists policies and reports including an ESOS Phase 3 report, ISO 14001 certificate, carbon reduction plan, gender pay gap reports, modern slavery policy and ESG policy. The company registration number is 02795197.

Workforce and social commitments

The group reports 149 nationalities within its team, an 18% increase in women in senior roles and a 0.88% reduction in the gender pay gap. Its stated CARE values focus on diversity and inclusion, colleague well-being, better futures for the next generation, local communities and partnerships.