Cheshire Keyholding Ltd Team

Edward Clarke - Managing Director

Edward is a retired police officer having served in the Wythenshawe and Longsight areas. Edward has been a control room manager for Burns Security in Manchester and for the last five years, up until February 2008, was the Operations Manager for North West Key holding Ltd. This company was one of the largest independent key holding companies in the North West area until purchased by G4S.

Edward, decided to establish Cheshire Keyholding Ltd to give local customers the choice of a local independent company along the lines that North West Key holding had operated. Since the purchase by G4S, many customers and some of the staff, have moved to Cheshire Keyholding Ltd.

Edward's aim is to provide a local, accountable and friendly alarm-response and key-holding company for his customers. Edward is a member of EPIC (Integrity Assured) and the  Federation of Small Businesses

Darren Clarke - Director

Darren has worked in the security industry for the past five years following in his father's footsteps (Edward Clarke) making Cheshire Keyholding Ltd a true family firm. He has worked as a door supervisor part time and went on to take a further qualification as a vehicle immobiliser and then joined his father at Cheshire Keyholding Ltd.

He also owns a flooring company FloorFit Connections, which specialises in quality floor coverings, supplied and fitted, solid wood through to Karndean. He is well-versed in management and security.

Gene Cass – IT Support and IT Security Tech

Gene started his technical career in the U. S. Air Force as a Radar Tech. He worked in United Kingdom computer industry for about thirty years and has functioned as computer tech since 1995.

He obtained a B.Sc. Hons in Social Science from the Open University and is currently working towards his Masters. Gene has performed IT Support including IT Security along with Tina Clarke for Cheshire Key Holding Ltd since its inception in 2008.

Tina Clarke - IT Support and Webmaster

Tina has been a Microsoft MVP - Expression Web for seven years. This is an award from Microsoft for supporting the users of the web editor Microsoft Expression Web through many of its versions. Her main focus nowadays is supporting users of Microsoft Expression Web through various mediums such as  lists and forums. She has written a number of ebooks, publishes ezines and maintains two lists for both FrontPage and Expression Web as well as moderating lists for several others on the same subjects. She owns and maintains several FrontPage resource sites and an Expression Web Design site and blog. Alongside her father Gene Cass, son Darren Clarke and her husband Edward Clarke she helps maintain the smooth running of the office from an IT and Web Design perspective.