Stored, scanned, read by AI, preserved on film and destroyed at industrial scale — the entire life of a record, handled by one accredited UK specialist, and you can watch the work happen.
Seven wholly-owned UK facilities, a managed transport fleet and accredited production floors — here's a look inside the work.
From the bulk-scanning floor to AI data capture, every step happens in our own accredited facilities.
High-volume production scanning — paper, microfiche and large-format archives captured and read into searchable, system-ready files.
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Kofax intelligent capture reads and indexes your documents automatically — straight into your business systems.
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Cross-cut shred
We process confidential material by the tonne — scheduled collections, one-off purges, and on-site shredding at your premises — all to the BS EN 15713 secure-destruction standard.
Secure, barcoded off-site storage
Any file back in 2 hours
Scanned & searchable
Data extracted automatically
Industrial-scale secure destruction
Barcoded storage across seven UK sites, two-hour retrieval.
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Bulk, microfiche and medical records, searchable.
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Kofax-powered intelligent document processing.
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Fiche, film and aperture cards, recovered.
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Preservation film with a 500-year life.
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Industrial BS EN 15713 destruction, certified.
Explore →Freehold sites, our own managed fleet and accredited production floors — nothing subcontracted, every record accounted for.
A focused specialist, not a faceless global.
Wholly-owned freehold facilities — nothing subcontracted.
ISO 27001, 9001, 14001, BS 10008 & BS EN 15713.
Tell us what you need to store, scan, process or destroy — we'll send a clear, no-obligation quote.
Stor-a-File handles the entire life of a record: secure off-site document storage, document scanning and digitisation, AI-powered data capture, microfiche and microfilm conversion, preservation microfilming and certified secure shredding — all delivered in-house from accredited UK facilities.
Our head office is in Syston, Leicestershire, and we operate seven wholly-owned facilities across London, the Midlands and Merseyside, with managed collection and delivery across the UK.
We are independently audited to ISO 27001 (information security), ISO 9001 (quality) and ISO 14001 (environmental), scan to BS 10008 for legal admissibility, destroy to BS EN 15713, and are an ESPO framework supplier for the public sector.
Call us free on 0800 281857 or use the quote form — tell us what you need stored, scanned, processed or destroyed and we'll come back with a clear, no-obligation price, usually the same working day. Collection is included.