Recruitment and compliance for UK security companies
From application to cleared to secure — in days, not weeks.
Cleared to Secure interviews every applicant, helps you screen to BS 7858, tracks every SIA licence and keeps your officers trained and in date. One place, under your own brand, with a person making every decision.
“I'd keep my distance, stay calm and talk to him. If he wouldn't leave, I'd call the control room and write it all up in the incident log.”
The problem
Good officers are lost to slow, paper-heavy screening.
Candidates drift away
While five years of history is chased and referees go quiet, licensed applicants take another offer.
Checks live everywhere
ID, SIA licences, DBS, credit checks and references sit across inboxes, spreadsheets and filing cabinets.
Audits mean a scramble
Proving every screening check was done — and when — for a client audit or ACS assessment takes days you don't have.
How it works
One journey, from advert to first shift — and beyond.
Every step happens in one place, so nothing falls through the cracks and every action is recorded.
Advertise
Write adverts with AI help and publish them to your own careers page, Google for Jobs and job board feeds.
Interview
Alex, our AI interviewer, talks with every applicant — day or night, by voice or text — and scores against six core security values.
Screen
Applicants upload ID, right to work, SIA licence and DBS details. Referees and employers are contacted automatically. Gaps in history are flagged.
Clear
Your team verifies each check and clears them to start. The full screening file is ready for clients and assessors in one click.
Keep compliant
SIA licence renewals, right to work, DBS rechecks and training — tracked, with reminders before anything lapses.
AI interviews
Interview every applicant the moment they apply.
No more phone tag. Applicants get a link and talk with Alex whenever suits them — on their phone, in their own words.
- Real security scenarios for your sector and role — conflict, refusals, suspicious items, lone working
- Natural British voice, with speech-to-text or typing
- Selfie and identity details captured before the interview starts
- A clear score and summary against six core security values, with every answer kept for you to read
- Your team always makes the decision — the AI never rejects anyone
You're on a night patrol and find a fire door propped open that should be closed. Nobody is around. What do you do?
I'd report it to the control room first, check the area carefully before I go in, then secure the door and log it…
BS 7858 screening
Every screening check, evidenced and audit-ready.
A guided checklist for each candidate, built to help you screen to BS 7858:2019 — so you know exactly what's done, what's missing and who verified it.
- Identity, right to work, basic DBS and a financial and credit history check
- SIA licence checked against the SIA Register of Licence Holders, with expiry tracked
- Five-year history with gaps flagged, explained and verified
- References and employment verification requested and chased automatically
- Secure document storage, with every action time-stamped in an audit log
- One-click screening file PDF for client audits and ACS assessments
Training
Security CPD training, built in.
New starters get their training assigned automatically. Managers see who's in date at a glance.
- Online CPD courses — conflict management, counter-terrorism awareness, use of force and the law and more
- Every course reviewed and signed off by named, qualified reviewers before release
- Certificates issued on passing, with renewal reminders
- CPD and awareness training — it sits alongside, not instead of, SIA licence-linked qualifications
- Record external courses and site inductions alongside
Everything else you need
Built for how security companies actually work.
Your brand, not ours
Applicants see your logo, colours and interviewer. Cleared to Secure stays in the background.
Careers page and adverts
A careers page for your company, with adverts structured for Google for Jobs and a feed for job boards.
Pre-checked talent pool
Find security professionals who are open to work — many with ID, right to work, SIA licence and training already verified — and invite them to apply.
Expiry reminders
SIA licences, right to work, DBS rechecks and training — reminders by email and text before anything lapses.
A person decides
The AI interviews and summarises. Your team reviews, verifies and makes every hiring decision.
Separate and secure
Each company's data is kept separate, with private document storage and a full audit trail.
Trusted foundations
Run by an accredited company.
Cleared to Secure is run by Frankton Group Ltd, which is certified to these standards.
ISO certification by 3core. Frankton Group is also a Disability Confident Committed employer, holds the Armed Forces Covenant Bronze Award, has signed the Mental Health at Work Commitment and publishes its modern slavery statement.
Sectors
Tailored to your contracts.
Interview questions, scoring and screening adapt to the sector and role you're recruiting for.
For security professionals
A free passport that goes where they go.
Security officers, door supervisors and CCTV operators get their own free account to keep their checks, SIA licence, training and certificates in one place — and share them, with their permission, when they apply for their next role.
Questions
Common questions
Does the AI decide who gets hired?
No. Alex interviews applicants and produces a score and summary, but your team reads the answers, verifies every check and makes every decision. Nobody is rejected automatically.
Is Cleared to Secure BS 7858 certified?
No — it's software, not a certification. It helps you screen to BS 7858 and keeps the evidence ACS assessors and clients ask for. Your company stays responsible for its screening decisions.
Do we still need our own DBS provider?
Yes. Cleared to Secure records and evidences the DBS check alongside everything else, and works with your existing DBS arrangements.
Can applicants do the interview on their phone?
Yes. It works in any modern phone browser — nothing to install. Applicants can speak their answers or type them.
Will applicants see our branding?
Yes. Your logo, colours and interviewer appear throughout. Emails come from your company's name.
Is it free for security professionals?
Always. Security professionals never pay to apply, interview, train or keep their passport.
Can we try it first?
Yes. Start a free 14-day trial with up to 10 AI interviews — no payment details needed. Or book a demo and we'll walk you through it.
See it with your own roles.
We'll walk you through a live interview, the screening checklist and a screening file — set up for your sector.