SIA licence tracking, BS7858 screening, incident reporting and client billing — on the same platform that runs your rotas and payroll.
A guided screening workflow with stage checklists and reference collection via magic links — candidates and referees complete their parts online, and every step is evidenced.
Mobile incident and medical reporting feeds a live operations view — with client-visible reporting and PDF exports when the contract calls for it.
Assignment checks licences and qualifications before a shift is offered, and conflict detection catches double-bookings and rest-break issues as you build.
The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 is expected to come into force in spring 2027, with the Security Industry Authority (SIA) as regulator. Venues and events your officers protect will need to show they're prepared — and they'll look to their security partner for help.
Premises where 200 to 799 people can reasonably be expected at the same time.
Premises of 800 or more, and qualifying public events of 800 or more with controlled entry.
Keep evacuation, invacuation and lockdown procedures in the document hub and surface site instructions in the mobile app — so the current version is the one on site.
Licence-aware rotas and live shift status show who is on each site, that their SIA licence is valid, and who has clocked in.
Track the briefings and counter-terrorism awareness training your officers have completed, with expiry alerts and a competence matrix (compliance portal, in beta).
Team chat, groups and announcements cascade updated procedures or threat-level changes to everyone on shift in seconds.
Officers report incidents and suspicious activity from the app into a live operations feed, with a full audit trail behind every report.
Client portal visibility and PDF exports give the responsible person at each venue the records they need when the SIA asks.
The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025 with an implementation period of at least 24 months. The SIA expects it to come into force in spring 2027 and will confirm the exact date beforehand.
The person responsible for qualifying premises or events. Standard tier covers premises where 200–799 people can reasonably be expected at the same time; enhanced tier covers premises of 800 or more, and qualifying public events of 800 or more.
No. The Act doesn't require premises to employ security staff. Existing SIA licensing rules still apply wherever licensable security activity takes place, and many venues will rely on their security contractor to help put procedures and measures in place.
The SIA can issue compliance, restriction and penalty notices. Standard tier penalties are up to £10,000; enhanced tier and events penalties are up to £18 million or 5% of qualifying worldwide revenue, whichever is greater. Failing to comply with some notices is a criminal offence.
No software can do that on its own. Virtulum keeps the rotas, licences, training records, procedures, communications and incident reports that support your preparation in one place — so you and your clients have the evidence to hand.
Martyn's Law duties sit with the person responsible for the premises or event. Virtulum helps organise the people, procedures and records that support preparation — it doesn't make anyone compliant on its own, and neither the SIA nor the Home Office endorses specific products. This is general information, not legal advice.
BS7858:2019 screening, SIA licence tracking across all five sectors and full audit trails — collected as your teams work, ready when a client or auditor asks.
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