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Fire and security for London and the South East
BSI Kitemarked fire alarms. NSI Gold intruder alarms, CCTV and access control. Designed, installed and maintained by vetted Amax engineers for more than 2,400 clients, from the Dominion Theatre to Ronnie Scott’s.
Free for qualifying businesses. No obligation, no hard sell.
Projects for London landmarks and the sites that keep the city running
What we do
Most buildings end up with a patchwork: one firm for fire, another for alarms, a third for cameras, and nobody responsible for how it all works together. We design, install and maintain the lot as one system.
Designed, installed, commissioned and maintained under BAFE SP203-1 and the BSI Kitemark for fire detection and alarm systems.
Intruder and hold-up alarms designed, installed and maintained under NSI Gold approval, recognised for Metropolitan Police response.
High-definition cameras and video analytics, designed, installed and maintained under NSI Gold approval.
Doors, gates, turnstiles and intercoms that know who is allowed where, and when, under NSI Gold approval.
Stop trouble at the boundary, not the front door, with detection and physical barriers that work together.
Annual servicing to full maintenance contracts, with a UK-based monitoring centre staffed around the clock.
Business intelligence
The cameras that protect your building can help run it, too. Our business intelligence systems use the same footage to manage queues, monitor health and safety, check deliveries, record till transactions and challenge false claims, across one site or many.
Over £1,500 a year off the electricity bill. At a world-famous five-star hotel in London’s West End, two new high-throughput servers replaced six running just over 200 cameras, while the hotel stayed fully occupied.
Integrated systems
Here’s what happens next when your intruder alarm, cameras, access control and monitoring were designed to work as one.
The intruder alarm activates and knows exactly which door, on which floor.
The nearest camera sends live and recorded footage of that door straight to the monitoring centre.
Trained staff at a UK monitoring centre see what’s happening, issue a live audio warning and follow your site’s protocol.
A confirmed alarm is passed to the police, and your keyholder is called with the facts, not just a beep.
Footage, door logs and the operator’s notes in one place, for you, your insurer and the police.
An example sequence. Response protocols are agreed for each site.
Our work
A listed auditorium, a legendary club that never sleeps and a campus of nearly 10,000 students. Three very different problems, each solved for good.
Dominion Theatre, West End
As part of a £6m refurbishment, we replaced an outdated analogue system with an IP network of more than 60 HD cameras on a brand-new fibre backbone. Every camera and cable run was kept discreet and painted to match the art deco interior, and the work was squeezed in between show runs.
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Soho
We moved London’s most famous jazz club from analogue to IP HD, with every camera viewable from a secure room or any smart device. When Westminster Council switched off the public CCTV outside, we added four 8MP cameras covering the whole exterior, rooftop included, and took the system down into the wine cellar.
Oaklands College, Hertfordshire
We moved both campuses onto Avigilon cameras and video analytics, linked access control to the student database through LDAP and added anti-passback. Welwyn Garden City is now monitored from St Albans, and the system is simple enough that new operators are up and running within 20 minutes.
In our clients’ words
It’s very rare these days to see the high-level attention to detail and outstanding final finish quality that has been delivered on this project that will future proof us for many years to come. Amax are a forward-thinking company focused on the highest level of customer care and delivering beyond expectations.
From the advice and design right through to installation the service has been first class. Our CCTV, Intruder Alarms, Access Control and fire safety systems are simple to use and have provided our business with a unique selling point for attracting new customers…
Amax systems are reliable and their pricing is competitive. The service is always prompt and their engineers are knowledgeable and friendly.
Other projects include Powerday, Grundon, Titan Storage, Burnt Oak Builders’ Merchants and a world-famous five-star hotel.
All case studiesSectors
Theatres, five-star hotels, super-prime homes, colleges, waste sites and self-storage. Whatever your building throws at us, there’s a good chance we’ve solved it before.
Plus airports, banks, casinos, data centres, galleries, museums, gyms, hospitals and more. All specialist sectors
Martyn’s Law
The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 became law on 3 April 2025. It will apply to certain premises where 200 or more people are reasonably expected at the same time, and to events of 800 or more. The Security Industry Authority will regulate it, and expects the duties to start from spring 2027.
Standard tier
200 to 799 people
Procedures for evacuation, invacuation, lockdown and communication, so your team knows exactly what to do.
Enhanced tier
800+ people
Everything above, plus public protection measures for monitoring, movement, physical safety and security, and security of information, a compliance document for the SIA and, for organisations, a designated senior individual.
A summary, not legal advice. Check GOV.UK and the SIA’s guidance for the duties that apply to you. Many duties can be met without buying specialist services; where systems help, we can advise. Amax supports the Action Counters Terrorism campaign.
Why Amax
Every Amax engineer is vetted and qualified, and our work is independently audited by NSI, BSI and BAFE.
Every Amax engineer is DBS-checked and security vetted, renewed annually through the Metropolitan Police.
Our engineers hold ECS cards and at least NVQ Level 3 through TAVCOM, and are IPAF and PASMA trained for safe work at height.
SMSTS-trained project managers and SSSTS-qualified lead engineers, so main contractors can rely on us on site.
On projects like the Dominion Theatre, equipment is prepared and tested at our Harrow headquarters first, so installation causes as little disruption as possible.
NSI Gold for intruder alarms, CCTV and access control, including an ISO 9001 quality system audited by NSI. BAFE SP203-1 registered (no. 301782) and BSI Kitemarked (KM 653211) for fire detection and alarm systems. A member of the Fire Industry Association.
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Leadership
A 45-strong team of security consultants, surveyors, project managers and engineers, based at Amax House in Harrow.
“We’re not just safeguarding places; we’re protecting peace of mind.”
How it works
No jargon, no padding and no surprises. Just a clear route from the survey to a system that works on the night it matters.
A specialist walks your site, learns how it’s really used and pinpoints the genuine risks.
An integrated design and a clear proposal for every system it covers.
Planned around your building. At the Dominion Theatre, work fitted between show runs.
We train your team on site. At Oaklands College, new operators were up and running within 20 minutes.
Servicing and maintenance contracts that can include 24/7 response.
FAQs
Can’t see your question? Call 020 8427 2242 and speak to a specialist.
We’re based in Harrow and work across London and the South East. For larger and multi-site clients we also work further afield, across the UK and on international projects.
Yes, for qualifying businesses. A specialist visits, assesses your risks, checks any existing systems and recommends a design. There’s no obligation to go ahead.
Yes. Plenty of our projects start as upgrades: the Dominion Theatre and Ronnie Scott’s both began with outdated analogue CCTV. We’ll survey what’s there and recommend what to keep and what to replace.
NSI Gold is the National Security Inspectorate’s highest level of approval. NSI audits our intruder alarm, CCTV and access control work, and the ISO 9001 quality system behind it. Our fire alarm work is certified separately, under BAFE SP203-1 and the BSI Kitemark.
We plan around you. At the Dominion Theatre the installation fitted between show runs, with equipment prepared and tested in advance at our Harrow headquarters so it could go straight in.
Yes. We work alongside AV specialists, security consultants, prime residential contractors, electrical contractors, architects and interior designers, from specification through to commissioning.
Yes. Maintenance contracts can include 24/7 response and emergency call-outs, and monitored sites are watched around the clock by a UK-based monitoring centre staffed by trained security professionals.
Yes, mainly high-value and super-prime residences and period properties, where discretion and design matter as much as protection.
Free site survey
Tell us a little about your site and a specialist will call to arrange a visit at a time that suits you.
