About MerFen
Two names on the door
Twenty years in security between them, most of it on the same jobs. Jason Merritt and Adam Fenner survey, specify and fit the work themselves, and the clients came with them.
The business
20 years' experience
MerFen started in December 2024. The people didn't. The schools and businesses Jason and Adam already looked after came with them, which is why a young company runs systems of 200 cameras and more.
We work for commercial and public sector clients only: education, retail, logistics and warehousing, construction and other high-security sites. The physical side is made in our own workshop in Edenbridge, and we install, commission and maintain across Kent and the rest of the UK.
- Founded
- December 2024
- Workshop
- Edenbridge, Kent
- Work
- Commercial and public sector
What we cover
Electronic, physical and ballistic
Most security firms do one of these. We bring the technology, the physical protection and the engineering together, so one firm designs, makes, supplies, installs, commissions and supports the whole site.
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Electronic
Systems that watch and control
Surveillance, access and speech, designed and commissioned as one system.
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Physical
Steel and glass, made in Edenbridge
The parts of a building that stop people, made in our own workshop to the opening.
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Ballistic
Protection rated against firearms
Glazing, doors and transfer built to BS EN 1063, BS EN 1522 and BS 5051.
In their words
What we do
Delivering practical, reliable and professionally engineered security solutions that work in the real world.
- 01 Mission
- To supply, install and commission a system, or just upgrade your existing system. The majority of the large systems we deploy are CCTV and access control systems, and we also cover building management systems.
- 02 Vision
- We provide integrated electronic security solutions. We cover a wide range of markets by using newly emerging digital technologies.
Track record
What we've done so far
Figures from the systems we install and look after today.
- Experience
- 20years
- security experience between the two directors
- Education
- 15+schools
- with systems we support
- Largest system
- 200+cameras
- on one estate, across multiple servers
- Multi-site
- 7sites
- nationwide on one commercial rollout
ICO registered/£5m public liability/12 months on our installation
The workshop
Made in Edenbridge
Most security firms fit what a supplier sells them. We make the physical side ourselves, which is why a counter, a gate or a hatch can be built to the opening in front of you instead of the nearest standard size.
Unit L2 at Gaywood Farm is a fabrication workshop, not a store. Steelwork is cut, welded, dressed and finished there, then fitted by the same firm that surveyed the job and drew it. Glass and speech units are specified and bought in to the rating the room needs; the steel around them is ours.
For a building, that removes a joint. There is no separate fabricator to programme around, no supplier lead time to design to, and no argument about whose part of the job failed. An awkward opening in an older building is a drawing, not an obstacle, and a damaged gate is usually a repair rather than a replacement.
- Welding
- TIG, MIG and arc
- Materials
- Mild steel, stainless, aluminium, brass and bronze
- Finishes
- Galvanising, zinc coating and powder coating
What the workshop makes
- Screens and counters
Pay windows and screens
Counters, screens and pay windows made to the opening, glazed to the attack, ballistic or fire rating the room needs.
See the range - Security doors
Steel doorsets
Bullet, attack, fire and blast resistant doorsets, made to the measured opening and fitted.
See the range - Transfer units
Trays and hatches
Transfer trays, sliding hatches and bulk transfer units, sized to whatever has to cross the counter.
See the range - Fabrication
Steelwork and repairs
DDA access ramps, balustrades, platforms and one-off items, and repairs to steelwork already on site.
See the range
Accredited
Approved contractor and authorised partner
Credentials
Accredited, insured and covered
What a procurement team asks for before it lets a contractor onto a site, in one place.
Insurance
The cover we carry
- Public liability
- £5m
- Professional indemnity
- £5m
- Employers’ liability
- £10m
- H&S
SafeContractor accredited
Independently assessed for health and safety, which puts us straight onto approved contractor lists.
- VASP
Hikvision VASP Partner
A Value Added Service Provider partner. The people fitting your cameras are Hikvision Certified Security Associates.
- ICO
ICO registered
CCTV footage is personal data, so we design and hand over systems on that basis.
Warranty
- On our installation
- 12 months
- Hikvision IP devices and hardware
- 3 years
How we work
One team from survey to service contract
Survey
A free visit. We walk the site with you to see how it really runs: who comes and goes, where the risks are and what already works.
Design
You get a specification and drawings built around those risks and your budget, not a standard package.
Manufacture
Screens, counters, doors, gates and steelwork are made to size in our Edenbridge workshop.
In-houseInstall
Fitted, tested and commissioned, then handed over with training for your staff.
Maintain
An annual service contract keeps everything working, with support when you need it.
Clients
Who we work for
Organisations whose systems we've installed or look after.
Get in touch
Tell us what you need to protect
- 01Send a few details about the site. It takes about a minute.
- 02We call you to talk it through and book a free site survey if one's needed.
- 03You get a written specification and quote.
Useful to mention
- Any rating your insurer or a standard asks for
- Drawings or a specification, if you have them
- Photos of the area or the opening
- When you need it done