Barry Bros Security

Barry Bros Security was established in 1945 by Jack Barry. It is a family-run company spanning three generations, with Orlando Barry taking over in the 1970s. Orlando and John Barry became certified Master Locksmiths. The company has over 75 years of experience in the security industry. It is accredited by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA), the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI), and BS EN ISO9001, and is an NSI Gold Installer. It was one of the first companies to be accredited by the MLA. Its main services include locksmith, electronic security, and physical security services.

It repairs and services lock brands including ASSA, Abloy, Mul-T-Lock, Ingersoll, Chubb, Union, Yale, Evva, Slica, Banham, Tigris, Primus, Kaba, and Cisa. It offers an emergency board-up service. It provides insurance compliant products and installations. All work is guaranteed. It has in-house skilled engineers covering physical and electronic security systems. It serves homeowners, landlords, businesses, facilities managers, property managers, and buildings managers. It offers postal and export services. It has an extensive security showroom and locksmith workshop in central London.

Across the reviews, the response to lockouts and safe removals emerges as the strongest theme, with customers describing help that reached them when other firms had turned them away. Andy and Scott are named for opening doors quickly and calmly in urgent situations, including late-night and bank-holiday call-outs, and one account of a safe taken out of a listed building highlights how carefully the team worked around the fabric of the property, arriving ahead of schedule and staying patient while internal approvals were chased.

The counter side of the business draws consistent praise for holding stock that other shops lacked, cutting keys on the spot and giving clear advice on locks and security items. Reviewers also describe considerate handling of vulnerable family members locked out of their rooms. Balanced against this, a number of accounts raise unresolved billing and conduct concerns, including a repair quotation that was never confirmed before work went ahead and a key-cutting mix-up that was disputed rather than corrected. Communication after the event is the point that recurs most often when customers describe what went wrong.