The events K1 covers
K1 publishes five kinds of event: festivals, private parties, student events, national sporting events and shows. Those are different crowds and different risks, but they share a planning problem. Someone has to decide, before the doors open, where people enter, who is allowed in, and what security is supposed to do once they are inside.
A private party in a house or a hired room is often about the guest list and the tone. A student event can be about capacity, alcohol and a young crowd. A show or a festival adds stages, barriers and a perimeter. A sporting event adds a ground, a crowd and a timetable. K1’s starting point on all of them is the same: understand the evening the organiser wants, then put people in the roles that support it.
Security and stewarding are different jobs
The Security Industry Authority’s events guidance draws a line that organisers need. You need a licence when someone guards against damage, theft, unauthorised access or disorder: screening who may enter, searching people or bags, dealing with behaviour in a crowd, protecting a pitch or a stage, or patrolling a perimeter to stop people getting in. At licensed premises, while alcohol is being supplied or regulated entertainment is provided, that work needs a door supervisor licence. Contracted guarding elsewhere needs a security guarding licence.
You do not need an SIA licence only to point people to their seats, the toilets or first aid, to check a ticket without then refusing entry, or to keep a gangway clear. K1 will say which roles on your plan are security and which are stewarding, so the team matches the work. K1 does not claim to be an SIA approved contractor.
What a good brief contains
Send the practical facts: date, site, start and finish, expected numbers, whether the public can walk in or only invited guests, where alcohol will be, and who has the final say on the night. If there is a premises licence, a temporary event notice, or a ground safety certificate, say so. Those documents change which licence the operatives need.
A published client described K1 taking time before an event to understand the intended evening, then keeping the entrance properly controlled while staying friendly with the people who were invited, and discreet once guests were inside. That is the standard the event pages are written to. Rock On The Green and the Royal British Legion are among the organisations K1 names, alongside the sports clients above.
