The house

About Suited and Booted

A protection firm built like a private office: quiet rooms, exact standards, and people who understand that reputation is part of the brief.

Origin

Looked after, not looked at.


Suited and Booted Security was formed in London for clients who had already outgrown generic manned guarding. Family offices, public figures and visiting principals needed officers who could sit in a restaurant, walk a gallery opening or stand a night shift on a country estate without changing the temperature of the room.

The name is a promise of presentation and readiness. Our people arrive correctly dressed for the environment — black tie, country, airport, boardroom — and they arrive prepared. The tagline is equally plain: we will look after you because no one else will.

We remain deliberately small. Assignments are accepted after a risk conversation, not after a rate card. That discipline keeps standards high and gossip low.

Suited and Booted Security crest: a suited officer on a Union shield, with the tagline We will look after you because no one else will
Close protection officer in Mayfair

Standards

What we insist upon

  • Current SIA Close Protection licensing for every deployed CPO.
  • Enhanced vetting, references and a clean disciplinary record.
  • First-aid and trauma currency appropriate to the task.
  • Advance work before the principal moves, not after an incident.
  • Written assignments, defined command and a 24-hour desk.
  • Absolute discretion in correspondence, photography and conversation.

Coverage

London first. Britain entire. Travel when required.

The operations centre sits in London. Teams deploy across Mayfair, Belgravia, Kensington, the Home Counties, Scotland and the Crown Dependencies. International itineraries are supported with local liaison, hotel advances and aviation meets.

Principals

UHNW families, executives, talent, visiting officials and anyone whose profile creates exposure.

Places

Townhouses, estates, yachts in port, private aviation terminals, hotels and hired venues.

Moments

School runs, AGMs, premieres, funerals, elections, medical appointments and ordinary Tuesdays.