Pendulum slip testing under BS 7976 and BS EN 16165, delivered with court-defensible PTV evidence and reports within 48 hours of attendance. Trusted by retail, hospitality, healthcare, education and managed property estates across Oxfordshire.
ISO/IEC 17025 — the highest recognised standard for testing competence.
The HSE-recognised UK pendulum methods for slip risk assessment.
Court-ready PDF reports issued within two working days of testing.
We don't sell anti-slip treatments — only objective evidence.
Surface Performance is a UKAS-accredited testing laboratory specialising in pendulum slip resistance and surface roughness testing. We work with occupiers, employers, insurers and solicitors across the region.
The Health and Safety Executive and the UK Slip Resistance Group classify slip risk using the Pendulum Test Value (PTV) — the score returned by the BS 7976 pendulum test.
Above 1-in-a-million chance of slip — remedial action required.
1-in-20,000 to 1-in-a-million slip risk — monitoring required.
Better than 1-in-a-million slip risk — compliant with HSE guidance.
PTV thresholds are taken from the UK Slip Resistance Group guidance and from HSE's published guidance on assessing slip risk. UKAS-accredited PTV reports under BS 7976 carry the highest evidential weight in litigation, with insurers, and in HSE enforcement contexts.
We attend client sites across Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties on a planned weekly schedule, combining visits to keep mobilisation costs proportionate.
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The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 require employers to keep floors safe. The Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 imposes a duty of care on those in control of premises. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 makes failure to manage slip risk a criminal matter.
The British Standard for pendulum testing of pedestrian surfaces — the UK HSE's preferred method.
The European harmonised method for pendulum slip resistance testing of floor surfaces.
The international standard for testing laboratory competence — UKAS Schedule 7933.
UK Slip Resistance Group — the industry body whose guidance defines best practice.
You contact us with the site address, floor type, and reason for testing (annual, pre-handover, post-incident, or expert witness). We confirm a fixed-price quote.
One of our UKAS-trained technicians attends site, identifies test zones, and conducts pendulum testing under BS 7976 in both dry and wet states.
Where required, we also measure surface roughness (Rz) using a calibrated profilometer to support the pendulum results.
Test data is processed in the laboratory, signed off by a qualified engineer, and issued as a PDF report carrying the UKAS Schedule 7933 mark.
The report is delivered by email within 48 hours of site attendance — sooner where genuinely urgent, by prior agreement.
If results show issues, we'll explain what they mean, but we won't sell you a treatment — that independence is what gives our reports their evidential weight.
Slip Testing Oxford is operated by Surface Performance Ltd, a UKAS-accredited testing laboratory (Schedule 7933) with offices at Sunbury-on-Thames and a permanent operations base serving the Thames Valley, the Cotswolds, the Chilterns and central London.
Our slip resistance testing service has been trusted by major retail estates, NHS Trusts, county councils, hospitality groups, education estates, insurers, and personal injury solicitors for over a decade. Every test is carried out under our UKAS-accredited scope, and every report is signed off by a qualified engineer.
We are explicitly independent — we do not sell anti-slip treatments, coatings, or products. Our only deliverable is objective, court-defensible evidence of how a floor performs against published industry standards. That independence is what makes our reports stand up in litigation, in HSE investigation, and to insurer challenge.
Fixed-price quotes within the same working day. UKAS-accredited reports within 48 hours of site attendance.