About Us
Control Descent - Safe In Our Hands
Control Descent Limited provides work at height expertise to projects specialising in Zip Lines, Abseil events, Match Day Ball Delivery and Banner drops.
Control Descent Ltd specialises in enabling clients to have a once in a lifetime experience as part of a training, fund raising, corporate or commercial event. Our staff average 20 years of experience and have all specialised in either mountaineering, industrial rope access, the emergency services or corporate events. We are under written for insurance, we take pride in our planning, H&S, pre-training and the safe and professional delivery of events.
Additionally, our consultants are highly experienced having, in recent years provided technical expertise on the UK’s biggest fund raising projects on some of our tallest and most iconic structures.
All of our operators are qualified Rope Access Supervisors in accordance with BS7985/ISO 22846-2 / IRATA.
Brian
Owner
Brian started his career within the Royal Marines in the late 1980’s. Later he gained a commission retiring as a Major within the highly specialised Mountain and Arctic Warfare Branch. Brian’s exceptional leadership skills combined with his well-organised, disciplined, and methodical approach to management aided a successful military career and act as a guarantee for Control Descent now and in the future.
Brian is a proven leader and is highly qualified and experienced in managing challenging projects. Highlights include exhilarating, industrial scale events, such as abseiling the Shard, and most recently delivering the Controlled Descent phase of the Sky Scraper Challenge. This involved 800 participants either abseiling 700 feet from the Cheesegrator or zip lining from the same to the top of the Gherkin, a UK First.
The Control Descent Team - Safe in Our Hands
Our staff average over 20 years of experience and have all specialised in either mountaineering, industrial rope access, the emergency services or corporate events.
All of our operators are qualified Rope Access Supervisors in accordance with BS7985/ISO 22846-2 / IRATA
Hi Brian, it was a pleasure.
Your guys were brought in to design, build and run this one of a kind experience, and you delivered something truly exceptional.
You and your team brought energy, creativity, and total professionalism from day one. The attention to detail and absolute commitment to safety was clear throughout, without ever compromising on the thrill or the spectacle.
It’s important to point out that this wasn’t just a standard zip line install, it was a complex, high-impact build in the heart of the Canary Wharf Estate, executed flawlessly. Your guys combined innovation, technical expertise, and operational precision deliver an experience that few others could match.
If anyone’s looking for someone to take their event to new heights (literally), you and your team at Control descent Ltd are the guys to make it happen!
Huge thanks to everyone involved - an unforgettable project with outstanding results.
Director of Operations at Canary Wharf Group
September 2025
