Our Culture

Through excellence, passion, integrity, curiosity, consideration, and a focus on getting it right first time, we have created a vibrant company culture, where our people can thrive, success can flourish, and our communities are protected.

As the UK’s largest passive fire protection and compliance company, we continue to build our success on a strong foundation of extraordinary people, smart processes and meticulous planning.

Our mission is to make buildings compliant and lives safer through a foundation of technical excellence and inspirational people. That is The Checkmate Way.

The Values That Make Our Mission a Reality...

  • Excellence - Striving To Be The Best

    Excellence - Striving To Be The Best

    With a quality driven ethos and a right first-time approach, we embrace innovation, technological change, and improved processes, holding the highest levels of industry accreditation and expertise.

  • Passion - Loving What We Do

    Passion - Loving What We Do

    Talent takes us a long way, but inspiration and drive take us further. We're dedicated to cultivating ambition within our people, working together to pursue our creative vision.

  • Integrity - Doing the right thing

    Integrity - Doing the right thing

    We are sincere, honest and open, conducting ourselves with humility and moral decency. We stand for equality, diversity and inclusion.

  • Curiosity - asking the 'Why and Why Not?'

    Curiosity - asking the 'Why and Why Not?'

    With the agility to embrace change, we nurture the thirst for knowledge and self-awareness in our people. We aim to think more deeply, more creatively and more rationally.

  • Considerate - Protecting our People and Planet

    Considerate - Protecting our People and Planet

    We respect the people, communities and environments around us, constantly working to create more sustainable solutions, exceed our corporate responsibility, and add social value wherever possible.