Independent Security Systems Audit
Know exactly what you have. Know what it does. Know what happens next.
Sanctuary Access Security provides independent security systems audits for businesses, property owners and facilities teams. We document existing security infrastructure, assess its condition and functionality, identify gaps and limitations, and provide a clear, prioritised plan for what needs to happen next.
Our role is simple: give clients a clear understanding of the security systems they already own, before they commit to unnecessary replacement or investment.
Independent
We are not asking you to replace your system.
We are telling you what you have already got.
- No obligation to replace your system.
- No requirement to use Sanctuary Access Security for remedial work.
- We work alongside your existing security provider, or help you procure alternatives where that suits you better.
- Manufacturer-neutral: we have no quota to fill and no single brand to promote.
The Sanctuary Audit Method
Six steps, in the same order, on every property
Identify
What is actually installed?
We walk the property and record every system, panel, detector, camera, reader, intercom and exit device that is physically present — not what the paperwork says should be.
Understand
What does it do?
We trace how each system is configured and what it is genuinely capable of, including the zones, areas, permissions and coverage it actually provides.
Verify
Does it operate as intended?
We test and observe devices and system functions, so the report reflects real operation rather than an assumed design.
Assess
Is it appropriate for the property?
We compare the installation against the building, its current use and your operational requirements, and identify gaps, omissions and design faults.
Prioritise
What needs attention first?
Every finding is graded and ordered, so urgent risk is separated from work that can safely wait.
Plan
What should happen next?
You receive a staged improvement plan with realistic timescales, so capital expenditure can be budgeted rather than reacted to.
The deliverable
You finish with an asset document, not a quotation.
Your systems are recorded device by device: what it is, where it is, what it protects, its condition and its expected remaining life. Each finding carries a priority and a recommendation, in plain English.
The register belongs to you. It can be handed to any contractor, taken to another installer, or added to your building documentation — that is the point of it.
Sanctuary Property Security Register
Illustrative extract from a report- Building
- ABC House
- Client
- XYZ Property Management
- Audit date
- 05/10/2026
- Auditor
- Sanctuary Access Security
Rear yard camera provides insufficient identification coverage during hours of darkness.
Recommendation
Improve, reposition or replace camera.
Two door controllers are superseded and no longer supported by the manufacturer.
Recommendation
Plan controller replacement, retain existing readers.
Alarm zone documentation does not match the installed configuration.
Recommendation
Re-document zones and reissue the operating instructions.
Why an audit is worth paying for
A property can carry a hundred thousand pounds of security equipment and nobody can say what it does.
Buildings change. Owners, tenants, facilities managers and contractors come and go, while the equipment stays. Doors move, rooms are repurposed, cameras are added, permissions accumulate and the paperwork disappears. Eventually the systems are still running, but nobody can describe them.
Can you currently say, with confidence…
That is information value. When a building changes hands, or a maintenance contract changes provider, it becomes the most valuable thing on the site.
Audit packages
Priced on the property, not on what we hope to sell you
Final pricing depends on property size, the number of systems, the number of buildings and the reporting depth you need. Every figure below is a starting point, confirmed before we book anything.
Essential
Smaller premises, one or two systems
from £495 + VAT
- Site inspection
- Existing system identification
- Major equipment register
- Functional observations
- System condition
- Obvious gaps
- Immediate recommendations
- Photographic record
- Concise written report
Suitable for
Smaller commercial premises · Small offices · Professional practices · Smaller residential estates
Professional
The full systems audit and asset register
from £895 + VAT
- Full site audit
- Device-by-device register
- CCTV assessment
- Intruder alarm assessment
- Access control assessment
- Fire and security interface review where applicable
- System functionality
- Coverage and gap analysis
- Equipment age and condition
- Obsolete and end-of-life identification
- Documentation review
- Operational requirements review
- Risk and prioritisation matrix
- Photographic evidence
- Recommendations
- Staged improvement plan
Suitable for
Commercial premises · Larger homes and estates · Offices and warehouses · Schools · Managed properties
Complex / multi-system
Large sites and multiple buildings
from £1,500 + VAT
- Asset register
- System architecture
- Coverage assessment
- Condition assessment
- Lifecycle assessment
- Risk register
- Compliance and standards considerations
- Priority matrix
- Capital expenditure roadmap
- Recommended maintenance strategy
- Future upgrade strategy
- Budgetary allowances
Suitable for
Large commercial buildings · Estates and multi-building sites · Property portfolios · FM handovers · Acquisitions · Major refurbishment projects
Security Systems Handover Audit
£750–£1,500+ + VATAn independent technical assessment of the security infrastructure in place when a building changes hands or a new management team takes responsibility.
- —A documented security baseline for the incoming team
- —Covers CCTV, alarms, access control, intercom and perimeter systems
- —Records monitoring arrangements, interfaces, known faults and end-of-life equipment
Pre-Contract Security Audit
Priced with your audit + VATAn independent baseline of the installation before a new maintenance contract begins, so you know what you are agreeing to take on.
- —Condition, faults and end-of-life equipment recorded before the contract starts
- —The scope you agree to reflects what is actually on site
- —Works alongside any incoming or existing provider
Security Investment Audit
Priced with your audit + VATBefore committing capital to a replacement, we establish what can remain, what needs repair, what needs repositioning and what genuinely needs replacing.
- —Retain, repair, reposition and replace options per finding
- —Costed, staged plan rather than one all-or-nothing quote
- —No obligation to buy anything from us
Annual Assurance Review
£395–£750+ + VATTwelve months on, we review what has changed and whether the outstanding recommendations have been addressed.
- —New, failed and obsolete equipment
- —Building alterations, new doors and access changes
- —Maintenance history and progress against the plan
Who an audit is for
Written for the people who inherit the problem
Facilities & property management
You have inherited a building with systems nobody can fully account for, and you are the one who has to answer for them.
Commercial property owners
Offices, warehouses, industrial estates, schools, healthcare, managed buildings, mixed-use properties and property portfolios.
Incoming FM & maintenance contractors
You are taking on responsibility for systems you did not install and have not yet been shown.
Understand what protects your property
Independent. Documented. Understandable. No obligation to replace anything.
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