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'''[[Marcus Redwood]]''' is a Kent doorman who says he founded [[Marc-One Security]] in 1990, taking the name from Marcus. The firm’s site repeats that date and that founder. In 2026 he published [[Big Guy: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Bouncer]] (ISBN 9781917439879).<ref name="Site">Marc-One Security, [https://marc-onesecurity.com/ Marc-One Security], “formed in 1990 by Marcus Redwood”.</ref><ref name="Book">Awesome Books, [https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781917439879/big-guy Big Guy], Marcus Redwood, ISBN 9781917439879.</ref> He says he sold the firm about five years before an August 2026 interview to [[Gareth Brett]]. Companies House does not show Brett. The live company, [[Marc One Security Limited]] (12575629), has [[Charlene Williams]] (December 1983) as director from 28 April 2020.<ref name="Content">TheContentCAST, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKU2rc1a5TU The UK’s most notorious doorman], 30 August 2026, from about 5:44.</ref><ref name="CH">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12575629 MARC ONE SECURITY LIMITED]; [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/RWYB7Vri0hUQBpPEGn05cxZ9HCI/appointments Charlene Williams].</ref>
 
'''[[Marcus Redwood]]''' is a Kent doorman who says he founded [[Marc-One Security]] in 1990, taking the name from Marcus. The firm’s site repeats that date and that founder. In 2026 he published [[Big Guy: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Bouncer]] (ISBN 9781917439879).<ref name="Site">Marc-One Security, [https://marc-onesecurity.com/ Marc-One Security], “formed in 1990 by Marcus Redwood”.</ref><ref name="Book">Awesome Books, [https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781917439879/big-guy Big Guy], Marcus Redwood, ISBN 9781917439879.</ref> He says he sold the firm about five years before an August 2026 interview to [[Gareth Brett]]. Companies House does not show Brett. The live company, [[Marc One Security Limited]] (12575629), has [[Charlene Williams]] (December 1983) as director from 28 April 2020.<ref name="Content">TheContentCAST, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKU2rc1a5TU The UK’s most notorious doorman], 30 August 2026, from about 5:44.</ref><ref name="CH">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12575629 MARC ONE SECURITY LIMITED]; [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/RWYB7Vri0hUQBpPEGn05cxZ9HCI/appointments Charlene Williams].</ref>
  
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== The book ==
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== Nigel Farage ==
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The publisher’s description says a career of about forty years, an estimated 3,000 fights and 1,000 knockouts, door work from 16 and formal work from 18, and names [[Kray twins]], [[Freddie Foreman]], [[Frankie Fraser]] and [[Dave Courtney]] as acquaintances. Those sentences are the blurb. They are not yet checked against the text. The summary page is [[Big Guy: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Bouncer]].<ref name="Book"/>
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On the interview published as “The UK’s most feared doorman” he said the press had used photographs of him with shotguns after a Marc-One job at a [[Nigel Farage]] rally, and that he had not been there himself. His words, from about 1:21:19:
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<blockquote>The press had done it twice to me. They did it later when my security company did some, we had some security for Nigel Farage. And again, it wasn't even me. It was my security company helped out for one of his rallies or whatever it was. And the next thing you know there's pictures of me with shotguns and it's like, craze minder looks after Nigel Farage.</blockquote>
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He did not name the rally, the date, or the paper. No press cutting with that headline has been retrieved.<ref name="Farage">Marcus Redwood, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFju--1rvNY The UK’s most feared doorman], from about 1:21:19.</ref>
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== Tommy Robinson ==
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On a later interview he said he had helped in the VIP area at the last three events for [[Tommy Robinson]], invited by [[Mark Bates]], and that this was not a [[Marc-One Security]] contract because he had already sold the firm. From about 51:08:
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<blockquote>I've actually got a couple of friends. I mean Dave's one of them and the other guy is Stuart from London who I met doing the security for Tommy Robinson.</blockquote>
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Interviewer: “Oh for Tommy?”
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<blockquote>Yeah I've done the last three, helped out with security in the VIP area for the last three and I met a great guy up there called Stuart who's been helping me out with the peptides as well. So between Stuart and David I mean I do feel like I've made some improvements.</blockquote>
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From about 52:38, asked whether he had provided security for some of Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rallies:
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<blockquote>No, no, I didn't provide them because I don't have a security company. I sold it. I sold my company. It's still going. Marc-one security is now owned by a guy called Gareth Brett. Still a very successful company, but I don't have a security company but because of, probably because of my old reputation, I'm still friendly with loads of guys over the years that I've met. So there's a guy called Mark Bates who does do, he's good friends with Tommy and does a lot of his personal security. So he invited a few of us up, it was like a Grandad's team of security... But we was a very experienced team and we did a very good job. They're very happy with us. So yeah, it's great to be a part of that because I do believe, whatever anyone says about Tommy, his intentions are really good and we need to bring awareness to what's going on in our country.</blockquote>
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The three events are not dated in the interview. [[Mark Bates]] and Stuart are not otherwise identified on these recordings. The sale to [[Gareth Brett]] remains his account. The register shows [[Charlene Williams]], not Brett.<ref name="UTK">Marcus Redwood, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeOLYiLYWZ4 Tommy Robinson security], from about 51:08 and 52:38.</ref><ref name="CH"/>
  
 
== What he says about the firm ==
 
== What he says about the firm ==
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On TheContentCAST he said the company took off when he was about 28, after a divorce, the loss of a gym, and a spell in a bedsit. He had been a tree surgeon and a bodybuilder, and had already done about ten years on the door. He started with six out-of-work doormen, and has said the firm once had about 200 staff. On the Dodge Woodall podcast he said [[Gareth Brett]] runs it. On a later interview he said he no longer had a security company.<ref name="Content"/><ref name="Dodge">Dodge Woodall podcast, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvDks2Kwzvo Gangster Doorman & 3000 Street fights], from about 1:13:18.</ref><ref name="UTK">Marcus Redwood, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeOLYiLYWZ4 Tommy Robinson security], from about 52:38.</ref>
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On TheContentCAST he said the company took off when he was about 28, after a divorce, the loss of a gym, and a spell in a bedsit. He had been a tree surgeon and a bodybuilder, and had already done about ten years on the door. He started with six out-of-work doormen, and has said the firm once had about 200 staff.<ref name="Content"/><ref name="Dodge">Dodge Woodall podcast, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvDks2Kwzvo Gangster Doorman & 3000 Street fights], from about 1:13:18.</ref>
  
 
== Licences ==
 
== Licences ==
 
On the Dodge Woodall podcast he said he had been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, that his Security Industry Authority licence was withdrawn for four months, and that his shotgun licence was withdrawn for a year and a half. A court record has not been retrieved.<ref name="Dodge"/>
 
On the Dodge Woodall podcast he said he had been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, that his Security Industry Authority licence was withdrawn for four months, and that his shotgun licence was withdrawn for a year and a half. A court record has not been retrieved.<ref name="Dodge"/>
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== Rallies ==
 
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He said the press used old photographs of him with shotguns after Marc-One provided security at a [[Nigel Farage]] rally, and that he was not there himself. He said he helped in the VIP area at events for [[Tommy Robinson]], invited by [[Mark Bates]], and that this was not a Marc-One contract.<ref name="Farage">Marcus Redwood, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFju--1rvNY The UK’s most feared doorman], from about 1:21:19.</ref><ref name="UTK"/>
 
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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* [[Charlene Williams]]
 
* [[Charlene Williams]]
 
* [[Gareth Brett]]
 
* [[Gareth Brett]]
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* [[Mark Bates]]
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* [[Nigel Farage]]
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* [[Tommy Robinson]]
 
* [[Lewis Jefcoate]]
 
* [[Lewis Jefcoate]]
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* [[Dave Courtney]]
 
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFju--1rvNY The UK’s most feared doorman, Farage passage]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeOLYiLYWZ4 Tommy Robinson passage]
 
* [https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781917439879/big-guy Big Guy, ISBN 9781917439879]
 
* [https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781917439879/big-guy Big Guy, ISBN 9781917439879]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKU2rc1a5TU TheContentCAST, 30 August 2026]
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 10:44, 7 October 2026

Kent doorman who says he founded Marc-One Security in 1990; author of Big Guy: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Bouncer

Marcus Redwood
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Occupation Doorman; company founder; author
Known for Marc-One Security; Big Guy: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Bouncer
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Marcus Redwood is a Kent doorman who says he founded Marc-One Security in 1990, taking the name from Marcus. The firm’s site repeats that date and that founder. In 2026 he published Big Guy: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Bouncer (ISBN 9781917439879).[1][2] He says he sold the firm about five years before an August 2026 interview to Gareth Brett. Companies House does not show Brett. The live company, Marc One Security Limited (12575629), has Charlene Williams (December 1983) as director from 28 April 2020.[3][4]

Nigel Farage

On the interview published as “The UK’s most feared doorman” he said the press had used photographs of him with shotguns after a Marc-One job at a Nigel Farage rally, and that he had not been there himself. His words, from about 1:21:19:

The press had done it twice to me. They did it later when my security company did some, we had some security for Nigel Farage. And again, it wasn't even me. It was my security company helped out for one of his rallies or whatever it was. And the next thing you know there's pictures of me with shotguns and it's like, craze minder looks after Nigel Farage.

He did not name the rally, the date, or the paper. No press cutting with that headline has been retrieved.[5]

Tommy Robinson

On a later interview he said he had helped in the VIP area at the last three events for Tommy Robinson, invited by Mark Bates, and that this was not a Marc-One Security contract because he had already sold the firm. From about 51:08:

I've actually got a couple of friends. I mean Dave's one of them and the other guy is Stuart from London who I met doing the security for Tommy Robinson.

Interviewer: “Oh for Tommy?”

Yeah I've done the last three, helped out with security in the VIP area for the last three and I met a great guy up there called Stuart who's been helping me out with the peptides as well. So between Stuart and David I mean I do feel like I've made some improvements.

From about 52:38, asked whether he had provided security for some of Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rallies:

No, no, I didn't provide them because I don't have a security company. I sold it. I sold my company. It's still going. Marc-one security is now owned by a guy called Gareth Brett. Still a very successful company, but I don't have a security company but because of, probably because of my old reputation, I'm still friendly with loads of guys over the years that I've met. So there's a guy called Mark Bates who does do, he's good friends with Tommy and does a lot of his personal security. So he invited a few of us up, it was like a Grandad's team of security... But we was a very experienced team and we did a very good job. They're very happy with us. So yeah, it's great to be a part of that because I do believe, whatever anyone says about Tommy, his intentions are really good and we need to bring awareness to what's going on in our country.

The three events are not dated in the interview. Mark Bates and Stuart are not otherwise identified on these recordings. The sale to Gareth Brett remains his account. The register shows Charlene Williams, not Brett.[6][4]

What he says about the firm

On TheContentCAST he said the company took off when he was about 28, after a divorce, the loss of a gym, and a spell in a bedsit. He had been a tree surgeon and a bodybuilder, and had already done about ten years on the door. He started with six out-of-work doormen, and has said the firm once had about 200 staff.[3][7]

Licences

On the Dodge Woodall podcast he said he had been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, that his Security Industry Authority licence was withdrawn for four months, and that his shotgun licence was withdrawn for a year and a half. A court record has not been retrieved.[7]

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ Marc-One Security, Marc-One Security, “formed in 1990 by Marcus Redwood”.
  2. ↑ Awesome Books, Big Guy, Marcus Redwood, ISBN 9781917439879.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 TheContentCAST, The UK’s most notorious doorman, 30 August 2026, from about 5:44.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Companies House, MARC ONE SECURITY LIMITED; Charlene Williams.
  5. ↑ Marcus Redwood, The UK’s most feared doorman, from about 1:21:19.
  6. ↑ Marcus Redwood, Tommy Robinson security, from about 51:08 and 52:38.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Dodge Woodall podcast, Gangster Doorman & 3000 Street fights, from about 1:13:18.