The Security Industry Authority has updated its enforcement report to include figures for July 2026, published on 7 August. The report is the regulator's rolling picture of who it is investigating and where it is checking, and it is a useful read for any licensed operator trying to see where enforcement attention sits.
At the end of July the SIA had 52 investigations open. It records 28 businesses and 9 individuals under investigation, opened 8 new cases during the month and closed 10. On the lighter-touch measures, it issued 13 written warnings and 1 improvement notice.
The operational side is where the sector footprint shows. The SIA ran six enforcement operations in July, checking 64 premises in total: 25 in Leeds, 13 in Croydon, 11 in Newport alongside Gwent Police, 10 in Glasgow, 4 on a national operation and 1 in Shropshire. Only the Newport operation was run with a police force, the pattern for licensing checks that sit close to wider criminality.
Operator implication: enforcement is steady and visible, and it is spread well beyond London. For firms supplying door supervision, guarding or event work, the report is a reminder that a licence check can land anywhere and that displaying and holding valid licences is the baseline the regulator is out checking. Keeping licence records current, and being ready to evidence them on the spot, is cheaper than being one of the businesses in next month's open-investigation count.
