What isTacDesk?
It's the operating system for UK security firms — GPS-verified clock-ins, live patrol monitoring and audit-ready reports, all in one place.
The old way
Held together with clipboards and hope.
Reception clipboards & paper timesheets
Buddy punching and honesty-system sign-ins cost you money every single week.
The rota lives in a WhatsApp group
“Who's on tonight?” — and nobody is quite sure until someone doesn't turn up.
Handwritten incident reports
Illegible, mislaid, and impossible to evidence when a contract or audit asks for proof.
No live view of the ground
You find out a guard never made it on site when the client rings to complain.
The TacDesk way
One tap. Everything logged.
The same job, done the other way — verified, visible and audit-ready by default.
GPS-verified clock-ins
One tap on site. Location, time and identity confirmed — the end of buddy punching.
A live map of every shift
See who's on the ground in real time. Spot no-shows and gaps in cover before your clients do.
Incident reports in seconds
Structured, photo-backed and timestamped from any phone — audit-ready and instantly shareable.
A rota that thinks ahead
Build shifts, cover and split rotas in one place, with clashes and gaps flagged automatically.
A portal your clients can see
Give venues read-only proof of attendance, patrols and incidents — transparency that wins renewals.
What that gets you
Do it the other way, and it adds up.
Every single week
No more chasing paper timesheets or re-keying hours — verified time flows straight into Xero payroll.
Compliance you can prove
GPS-verified attendance and SIA-ready records, ready the moment a client or auditor asks for them.
Guards paid correctly, on time
Hours are captured at the source, so pay matches what was actually worked — no disputes, no goodwill top-ups.
Fewer client complaints
You see the gap before your client does, and close it before it ever becomes a phone call.
“Nothing slips through and nobody is guessing where anyone is.”
Ready to do it the other way?
Set up your own TacDesk in minutes — free plan, no card required. Or book a quick demo and we'll walk you through it.